The Colas c15.99

c15.99

On both occasions Fleet translated the second extract so as to imply treachery on the part of Būtuga. And in discussing No. 181 of 1912, a most baseless conjecture was hazarded in *ARE.* 1913, II, 17 that Caturānana Paṇḍita betrayed his master and friend Rājāditya to his foes. But the phrase '*bisugeye kallan-āgi*' must really be read: '*bisugeye kaḷanāgi*'; the words '*bisuge*' and '*kaḷan*' mean respectively the howdah fastened to the back of elephants for riding on, and field (of battle). Būtuga made the howdah of Rājāditya's elephant itself the battlefield. This interpretation is borne out by the Cōḷa inscriptions. The larger Leyden grant says: '*Rājādityas-sa vīro ravikulatilakaḥ Kṛṣṇarājam sasainyam saṁkṣobhyākṣobhyam-ājau \* \* nāgēndra-skandha-vartī vidaḷita-hṛdayaḥ \* \* vīralokaṁ-jagāma*,' a clear statement which leaves not the slightest room for the suspicion of treachery on the part of Rājāditya's opponent. See *JRAS.* 1909, pp. 443-6. Other Cōḷa inscriptions from Kumbakōnam and Tirunāgēśvaram mention the 'king who died on the back of an elephant.' *ARE.* 1912, II, 14, Fleet's old mistake is repeated in the *Kadambakula* (Bombay, 1931), p. 86.