The Colas c19.111

c19.111

It may also be observed, in passing that the words: '*tannānaiyil munnānai śella munnānai tavirttu*' *SII.* iii 55 (ll. 1-2), which occurs between '*Iraṭṭapāḍi-yēḻarai-yilakkamum-goṇḍu*' and '*Kollā-purattu jayastamba-nāṭṭi*,' has been translated by Hultzsch into: 'when the first elephant (of the enemy) went at his elephant, (his) elder brother stopped (it).' But this seems hardly satisfactory, as the words '(of the enemy)' introduce into the meaning a concept not warranted by the original, and the locative of the first '*tannānaiyil*' seems to call for another explanation. I think that, in the context, '*ānai*' should be taken to be a mis-spelling of '*āṇai*' and the phrase translated into: 'Displacing the old command (rule) by causing it to follow his own commands.' The suggestion made at *ARE*. 1900 I 20 in reviewing the Tirukōyilūr inscription (123 of 1900, Yr. 6) of Rājēndra that the battle of Koppam was a later event than the expedition to Kollāpuram must be abandoned in view of the new identification of Koppam. The wording of the Tirukōyilūr records (*EI*. vii pp. 145-6), however, seems to lend some support to Hultzsch's view, and many of the shorter introductions mention Kollāpuram before Koppam.