The Colas c27.117
The Cōḷas c27.117
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c27.117
81. The officer's action on her denying that she was liable to pay the tax is expressed in the words: *avaḷai koccai-vikka*. *ARE.* 1907 II, 42 suggests that this means he put her through an ordeal. 'Koccai' means '*iḻivu*', humiliation. Or better, *kōcceydal* meaning 'compel', as in *SII.* viii, no. 529 l. 3—a suggestion I owe to Desikavinayakam Pillai.