# Āvuṭaiyārkōyil, Ātmanāthasvāmi temple, stone slab, 17th century

Margherita Trento

Author of digital edition: Margherita Trento

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00731

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00731.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## 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).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kā¡lai!⟨ḷa⟩yu¡t!⟨k⟩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!⟨Ī⟩ṉa-cātiyāka pōka-k kaṭavō ⟨27⟩
mākavum ௳

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩

## Bibliography

First edited in Irācu [2008] 2008, p. 51.

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

### Primary

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