History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c18.s1.12

c18.s1.12

⁴ . . . . . *acipuvatākavum . . . . . kkōyil-uṭaiyāṉ vīṭum taḷārar-vīṭum ciṟucuṅkattukku iṟutta vīṭu tavira nīkki niṉṟa vīṭukaḷukku vīṭṭāl kāl kācu koḷvatākavum.* Rice's transliteration is modified in accordance with the system of the Madras University *Tamil Lexicon*. The obscure words *Ācuvam uṇṇum* in the inscription cannot be interpreted unless we accept the suggestion that *uṇṇum* is a misreading or a scribe's error for *eṇṇum*. In this case we would translate the phrase: "The people of the Ājīvikas, called the Ācuvam should pay one *kācu* per head." *Ācuvam* was probably a collective name for the whole Ājīvika community.