The Colas c26.62

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12. Krishna Sastri suggests that Śaṅkarappāḍi was a general name applied to the quarters in which the Śaivas of a town lived. (*SII.* iii, p. 275, n. 1). It should be noted, however, that in almost all known instances, the Śaṅkarappāḍiyār have duties connected with the maintenance of lamps and in particular the supply of oil—547 of 1920, 80 of 1897, 78 of 1898, etc. Two records imply moreover that they were a corporation of oil-mongers; in his second year, Kulōttunga I ordered that 25 familes of Śaṅkarappāḍi should be settled in Tiruvālangāḍu (N.A.), in a new settlement called Rājēndra-Śōḻappāḍi and made responsible for the supply of oil for 15 lamps (*SII.* iii, 65); an inscription from Achyutamangalam (Tj.) contains the expression: *śekku oṉṟukku Śaṅkarappāḍiyār pēr panniraṇḍu āga.* (395 of 1925).