...the Bāṇas: Sanskritization and Sovereignty in...
Thus, whether due to the influence of post-nasal voicing of -p- in Perumpāṇaṉ or voicing of word-initial p- in Kannada and Telugu or due to hypercorrection, Tamil Pāṇaṉ changed into Bāṇa- in Kannada, Telugu, and Sanskrit. ...