The Colas c23.30

c23.30

'Having finished the fight, he (Kulōttunga) caused the best of his (Vīra Pāṇḍya's) women to enter (his own) *vēḷam*;⁵⁹ (he) set his foot on the crowns of the *Tennan* (Pāṇḍya), who had entered the Western Kollam with his relatives as he had no (other) refuge, and of the powerful Cēra, when they made obeisance at his lotus feet; (he) was pleased to confer on the Tennavan (Pāṇḍya) the sovereignty of the land of Śen-Tamiḻ (Madura country) and (its) crown; (he) put on the anklet of heroes and raised the banners of heroism and of liberality; (he) was pleased to be present when the chief of Kaikayas named his son after him (Kulōttunga) and gave him many robes; having bestowed a living, such as kings seldom got, on the *mīnava* (Pāṇḍya) Vīra Kēraḷa whom he had compelled to turn his back on the battle-field, whose finger he had cut off, and who had since surrendered himself into slavery; (he also) gave him to eat by his side from vessels given by him.⁶⁰