The Colas c23.16

c23.16

The Sengēṇis and Kāḍavarāyas are strongly represented in the region of the Arcot districts and elsewhere. A certain Śengēṇi Ammaiyappan Śāmbuvarāyan made an assignment of some local taxes and dues to the temple of Tiruppulivanam towards the expenses of worship, offerings and repairs in the temple; as he could only have made over to the temple what was his own or within his power to dispose, it is clear that he must have either possessed a large assignment himself or been an important official of the central government with large powers devolved upon him. This Śāmbuvarāya was most probably the same as Edirili-śōḻa who is called Śengēṇi Ammaiyappan Śīyan Ammaiyappan in a Kāñcīpuram record,³⁰ and who granted the village of Ārppākkam as *ēkabhōga-iraiyili* to Umāpati-dēva *alias* Ñānaśiva-dēva for his celebrated worship of Śiva and prayers to him to avert the disasters threatened by the invasion of the Ceylon forces.³¹ Other chieftains of the same dynasty are mentioned.³²