Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6127

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c6.6127

*Tantrin* (SITI; ASLV), a soldier; a trooper; a leader of the army; a temple priest; a weaver. It has been supposed that the Tamil words *Kaikkoḷar* and *Aṭavi* came to signify both a soldier and a weaver on the analogy of the word *Tantrin* used in both the senses. Cf. *Tantrimār*, members of the army corps; a class of persons who perform worship in temples; a priest.

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