The Colas c28.19.3

c28.19.3

1088 that some *dēvaraḍiyār* of the temple of Kāḷahasti who had been wrongly appropriated to the palace service should be restored to the temple; these persons had been stamped with the king’s seal which was erased and the trident stamped on their bodies in token of their servitude to the temple.⁴² At Tiruvallam, in 1119, one of the *villikaḷ*, (bowmen) of Bāṇapuram, dedicated some women of his family as *dēvaraḍiyār* after stamping them with the trident.⁴³ In the reign of Rājādhirāja II is recorded a sale, in A.D. 1175, of four women to the temple of Tiruvālangāḍu for a sum of seven hundred *kāśus*.⁴⁴ As the term *kāśu* is applied to coins of varying value, it is not possible to compare the price recorded here with prices stated in some of the inscriptions cited above. An inscription⁴⁵ of somewhat uncertain date from Tiruvālangāḍu (Tanjore) mentions some facts which bring out the general prevalence of slavery and the treatment meted out to slaves. A certain Vayirādarāyar had a number of slaves, some belonging to him and others forming part of the dowries of his wives. With the consent of his wives, he sold some of these slaves to the local temple which purchased them for employment as slaves of a *maṭha* (*maḍa-aḍimaigal*).