The Colas c33.26

c33.26

A measure of the increasing social exclusiveness of the different sects is found in a casual decision, dated A.D. 1160, of the Mahāsabhā of Tirukkaḍaiyūr.⁴² The *sabhā* resolved that any *māhēśvaras* who, contrary to their tenets as custodians of the Śiva temple and its observances, mixed freely with Vaiṣṇavas, would forfeit their property to the temple. This is almost the only recorded instance of this kind; even so, its significance is unmistakable. It is, no doubt, typical of the new religious atmosphere of steady deterioration that was setting in.