Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s6.t3: 4.5.3 Kaṇimāṉ
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s6.t3
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4.5.3 Kaṇimāṉ
c23.s6.t3.1
The Mamandur inscription (No. 73, ca. 3rd century A.D.) near Kanchipuram refers to Kaṇimāṉ, 'the chieftain (*kōṉ*) who took Tēṉūr'. He was probably a local chieftain in this region before the Pallava occupation of Kanchipuram around the middle of the 3rd century A.D.
c23.s6.t3.2
Kaṇimāṉ was probably of Cēra lineage, like the Atiyamāṉs of Takaṭūr and the Malaiyamāṉs of Kōvalūr, as indicated by the *-māṉ* suffix in his name. As the site of the inscription is in Toṇṭaināṭu, he was also probably connected with the Toṇṭaimāṉs who ruled over this region before the Pallava occupation. But beyond what is suggested by the names, there is no other evidence for these connections.