The Colas c10.16

c10.16

Though ascribed by some to Kamban (see e.g. p. 56 of the *Śōḻamaṇḍala śatakam*) the veṇbā seems to be more ancient in origin; others ascribe it to Auvaiyār (Taylor III 42). Kōṭṭaik-karai 'means "fortbank" and tradition says that it refers to the great embankment of which traces still stand in the Kuliṭtalai taluk of Trichinopoly'—*Gazetteer of the Tanjore Dt.* I p. 15.