The Colas c11.34

c11.34

Close to Nalaṅgiḷḷi and Neḍuṅgiḷḷi in time, because the same poets are found composing poems in their praise, was Kiḷḷivaḷavan who died at Kuḷamuṟṟam. Another Kiḷḷivaḷavan, the subject of a single poem of Kōvūr-Kiḻār,⁴⁹ is said to have died at Kurāp-paḷḷi. It has been suggested that these two kings are identical,⁵⁰ and if that be so, this poem of Kōvūr-Kiḻār composed after the king had captured Karuvūr, depicts a later stage in his Cēra war than another⁵¹ poem by Ālattūr Kiḻār, which describes Karuvūr still in a state of siege. Kiḷḷivaḷavan is celebrated in eighteen songs by ten different minstrels, and himself figures as the author of a poem in praise of his friend Paṇṇan,⁵² the lord of Śiṟukuḍi. He ruled with Uṟaiyūr as his capital.⁵³ ‘This king, who (we may infer) possessed considerable ability, was both brave and generous, but somewhat headstrong. Hence a great deal of good advice is, in a very tactful way, offered to him by the minstrels; and he seems to have been all the better for it.’ The following lines are by Veḷḷaikkuḍi-nākanar,⁵⁴ who was rewarded on the spot by a remission of the arrears due on his lands.