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THE CHOLAS
of Kāmadēvar , who is stated to have a son (piḷḷai) of Tīkkānai-Nāchchiyār,
one of the queens of Vīra-Sōmēśvaradeva.
Management of the kingâs personal lands.
Another record which is from Tiruveḷḷarai (No. 204) and is dated in the
20th year of the king is of some interest as it registers a decision of the Mūla-
Parishat of the place which was convened
in the tirumurram of Vāsudēva-viṇṇagar-Emberumān of Narasiṅgamaṅgalam, a hamlet of Tiruveḷḷarai with regard to
the lease of some villages belonging to the king. According to the decision, the
existing committee of probably four members was replaced by another consisting of eight, who should settle the kaḍamai and kuḍimai dues to be collected on
lands therein. The members of this committee were remunerated for their
service and were to be changed annually. It was further ruled that a person
who once served on this committee should not be selected again for the next four
years.
Horse dealer of Malai-maṇḍalam.
No. 186 form Tiruppaṅgili, dated in the 3[2]nd year of Rājarāja III refers
to the Āśraya-liṅga called Tiruttālīśvaram-uḍaiya-Nāyanār set up in the temple
by Pugalan Tiruttālaiyan, a horse dealer
of Kuḷamukku in Malai-maṇḍalam.
Another horse dealer named Koṇḍanambi hailing from the same place figures
in No. 77 of 1936-37 form Śrīraṅgam as donor to the Raṅganātha temple. Malai-
maṇḍalam occurs frequently in inscriptions in connection with horse-dealers
and hence it would appear as if they had their guild in Malai-maṇḍalam
(Travancore) where they imported horses and distributed them according to
demand to different places of South India.
Rājēndra-Chōḷa III.
25. The merchant Tiruttālaiyan (or Tiruttāla-Maṇavāḷan) mentioned above
figures again in a record of the 4th year of Rājēndra-Chōḷa III (No. 185) as
donor of money for worship and offerings
to the deity set up by him in the temple
at Tiruppaṅgili. There are two other inscriptions of Rājēndra-Chōḷa in the
collection, of which No. 148, dated in the 4th year, records a gift of money for
providing garlands daily to god Raṅganātha for the merit of Iḷaiyaperumāḷ,
son of Śiruśiṅgāṇḍi of Ālvārkaṇmaṭṭam and of Tiruppārkaḍar-dāsar, a
Vaishnava of Śrīraṅgam (Tiruppati-Śrīvaishṇava), while the other (No. 169),
dated in the 7thh year registers a gift of land to the temple at Tiruppaṅgili by a
certain Karuṅkōyan Chēraśiṅgadēvan of Maṅgalam in Pūndurai-nāḍu.
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