Ātmanāthasvāmi temple, Āvuṭaiyārkōyil, stone slab, 17th century

Author of digital edition: Margherita Trento (matr).

Summary: This inscription is carved on a stone slab on the left side of the entrance of the main gopuram in the Ātmanāthasvāmi temple at Āvuṭiayārkōyil, in today’s Pudukottai district. The inscription is not explicitely dated to the Śaka (or other) era, but it is likely from the early 17th century as it records a promise to the temple made by two subsequent Toṇṭaimāṉ rulers of Aṟantaṅki, Accutappa Nāyakkar (1672-1614) and Irakunāta Nāyakkar (1614-1640).

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00731.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00731.xml.

Version: 2026-01-22 13:26 (8782e0b), last modified 2026-01-19 11:51 (8f13f29).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kā¡lai!yu¡t!ta ௵ Āṭi ௴
⟨2⟩ 10 3 ௳ tirupperuntuṟai
⟨3⟩ Āḷuṭaiya-paramacuvā-
⟨4⟩ mi śrī-paṇṭārat=tuk=ku ka-
⟨5⟩ ṭavāṟku Irakuṉātanāya-
⟨6/⟩ kka t-toṇṭaimāṉāru-
⟨7⟩ m Accutappa nāyakkka ttō-
⟨8⟩ ṇṭaimāṉārumō-
⟨9⟩ m muṟk=kuṭuttapaṭi nāṉkaḷ I-
⟨10⟩ raṇṭu peṟkum Iṉimēl ca-
⟨11⟩ ṇṭai virotaṅkaḷ vant-
⟨12⟩ ālum cuvāmiyār caṉṉatiyi-
⟨13⟩ lē tirupperuntuṟai El-
⟨14⟩ lai naṭanta paṟṟukkuḷḷē t-
⟨15⟩ āṇaiyam Eṉṟu Iraṇṭu
⟨16⟩ vakai-c cēvakarum ceṉṟu
⟨17⟩ Iṟaṅkāmal Irukka kaṭavō
⟨18⟩ mākavum Intappaṭi yallā-
⟨19⟩ tē mīṟi tāṇaiyam Iṟaṅki-
⟨20⟩ ṉa pēr keṅkai-k-karaiyil
⟨21⟩ kārām-pacuvaiyum kuruvaiyu-
⟨22⟩ m pirāmaṇaṉaiyum mātā
⟨23⟩ pitāvaiyum koṉṟa tōṣa-
⟨24⟩ ttilē pōka-k kaţavārākavum
⟨25⟩ Iṟpaṭikku Ituvum Allātē
⟨26⟩ ¡I!ṉa-cātiyāka pōka-k kaṭavō
⟨27⟩ mākavum ௳

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ On the 13th day of the month of āṭi, in the year kāḷayukti,

⟨2–18⟩ As previously granted to the official in charge of the holy treasure of the the Supreme Lord who has rulership over Tirupperuntuṟai, we, Irakuṉāta Nāyakka Toṇṭaimāṉār and Accutappa Nāyakkka Tōṇṭaimāṉār, hereby order that, even if we both experience the animosity of war, the two types of warriors that consistute our army that may be within the borders of Tirupperuntuṟai will not come and impel payment from the temple of the Lord.

⟨18–24⟩ Anyone in the army who may break such an order, and compel payment, will incur in the same sin of killing a black cow, their teacher, a Brahman, or their mother and father on the shore of the Ganges.

⟨25–27⟩ [We order things to be] in this way, and not only that: People should go (in?) according to group and caste.

Bibliography

First edited in Irācu 2008, p. 51.

This digital edition by Margherita based on autopsy and on Irācu 2008.

Primary

Irācu, Ce. 2008. Aṟantāṅki toṇṭaimāṉkaḷ. First. Ceṉṉai: Ulakat tamiḻārāycci niṟuvaṉam / International institute of Tamil studies. Page 51.

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