[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003) › c28.s8.t2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t2: XXXII. Tiruchirapalli-B Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t2 - **Language:** English ### XXXII. Tiruchirapalli-B ### [c28.s8.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.1) \*\*108.1\*\* \*\*\*akaram\*\*\* (P.) 'a Brahman village'. ### [c28.s8.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.2) Cf. \*agrahāra\* (Skt.) 'royal donation of land to Brahmans; land or village thus given' (MW). ### [c28.s8.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.3) Cf. (Pkt. inscr.) \*aggahāra\* 'Brahman village' (B.V. Krishna Rao 1955-56, \*EI.\* XXXI:pp. 1-10). ### [c28.s8.t2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.4) Cf. \*agara\*: 'a corrupt form of \*agrahāra\*, often noticed in Tamil inscriptions' (\*Ind. Epi. Gl.\*); \*agaram\* 'same as \*agrahāra\*, Brahman village' (\*SITI.\* III:2, Glossary). ### [c28.s8.t2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.5) Cf. LT \*akaram āyiram antaṇarkku īyil eṉ\* 'what even if a thousand \*akarams\* are gifted to the Brahmans?' (\*Tirumaṉ.\* 1860). ### [c28.s8.t2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.6) Cf. (inscr.) \*akaram\* 'Brahman village' (\*SII.\* XIV:No. 243, Pāṇṭiya, ca. 12th cent. A.D.). ### [c28.s8.t2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.7) It is also possible that \*akaram\* is derived from \*nakaram\* \< Dr. \*nakar\* 'town, city' (D. 3568) with the loss of the initial \*n\*. Cf. '\*nakar, akaram\*' (\*Tivā.\* 930); '\*akaram, nakaram\*' (\*Piṅkala.\* 626; \*Cūṭā.\* 5:35). ### [c28.s8.t2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.8) \*\*108.2\*\* \*\*\*kucalaṉ\*\*\* N. of a donor. Cf. \*kusala\* (Pkt.) \< \*kuśala\* (Skt.) 'skilful, clever' (MW). ### [c28.s8.t2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.9) Cf. LT \*kucalar\* 'experts' (\*Tivā.\* 172; \*Piṅkala.\* 854); \*kucalaṉ\* 'skilful person, expert' (\*TL\*). ### [c28.s8.t2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.10) \*\*109.1 & 110.1\*\* \*\*\*centaṉtaṉ\*\*\* N. of a donor, inscribed twice on the rock floor of the passage leading to the cave shelter. ### [c28.s8.t2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.11) \*\*a. \*ce(m)-\*\*\* (adj.) 'good'. See \*\*22.1.a.\*\* ### [c28.s8.t2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.12) \*\*b. \*taṇṭaṉ\*\*\* (n.) a personal name or title, probably from \*taṇṭu\* 'to collect, levy' (\*\*D.\*\* 3054), or \*taṇṭu\* 'army, troops'. (\*\*D.\*\* 3055). In the former case the name would mean 'a (tax) collector' and in the latter, 'a member of an army'. ### [c28.s8.t2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.13) Cf. LT \*taṇṭa-t-talaivar\* 'commander of an army' (\*Cilap.\* 26:80, variant reading cited in \*TL\*); \*taṇṭam\* 'army' (\*Tivā.\* 334; \*Piṅkala.\* 1501; \*Cūṭā.\* 2:82). ### [c28.s8.t2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2.14) Cf. (inscr.) \*ippaṭai-t-taṇṭaṉ kampaṉ\* 'Taṇṭaṉ Kampaṉ of this army' (\*SII.\* II: No. 66, Line 453, Cōḻa, 11th cent. a.d.); \*taṇṭaṉ- āṉai\* 'a personal name' (\*SII.\* III: No. 18, Cōḻa, 11th cent. a.d.). ## Cites (6) - [Cūṭāmaṇi Nikaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.nikantu.cudamani.5) — Maṇṭalapuruṭar 1500, Tamil - [Piṅkala Nikaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.nikantu.pinkalam.854) — Piṅkalar, Tamil - [திருமந்திரம்](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.siddhanta.tirumurai.tirumantiram) — Tirumūlar, Tamil - [Cilappatikāram](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sangam.five_great_epics.cilappatikaram) — Iḷaṅkō Aṭikaḷ, Tamil - [South Indian Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.sii) - [Cēntaṉ Tivākaram](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.nikantu.tivakaram) — Tivākarar, Tamil --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t2) · Pramāṇa