The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c21.9
The Pāṇḍyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c21.9
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Thirdly, Mr. Sastri says: ‘The title Parānkuśa, given to Arikēsari in the Tamil portion of the Śinnamanūr grant, makes it difficult to connect him with the first Arikēsari Māravarman (No. 4) of the Vēḷvikkuḍi plates’. But one may ask, how is it less difficult to connect him with No. (6)? The title Parānkuśa does not occur in the Vēḷvikkuḍi grant at all, and it may be suggested that the other title ‘Asamasaman’ which No. 4 gets in the Vēḷvikkuḍi grant makes it, if anything, easier to identify Parānkuśa with him, rather than with his grandson. And the chief name of the king Arikēsari is common to both records and has the same import as the Parānkuśa title.