The Colas c12.49
The Cōḷas c12.49
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c12.49
The habit of eating betel leaves after food was well-known. Women are said to have given up eating betel leaves and bathing in cold water when their husbands fell in battle.⁵² Kōvalan's wife Kaṇṇaki gave him, after his last meal, betel leaves and arecanuts to eat, before he went out on his fatal mission for the sale of the anklet in Madura.⁵³