The Colas c33.69
The Cōḷas c33.69
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c33.69
25. *SII.* ii, 25 seems to me to record one such endowment. The phrase employed is *tirup-paṟai-araiyavum*; Hultzsch has taken this to mean: 'to beat the sacred drum'. The fact that the act had to be performed by apūrvis of the ghaṭikā (See *SII.* iii, p. 233 n. 2) suggests the need for a better interpretation; *paṟai* means also 'word' and '*aṟai*', 'speak' or 'recite'. I think it is the recitation of the Vedas, the Sacred Word, that is in question here.