Studies in Cola History and Administration c12.12

c12.12

Again, the words ‘engaḷūr śrimukhappaḍi āṇaiyiṉāl’ (ll. 1-2) are understood by Venkayya as governing ‘vyavasthai śeyda’ (ll. 2-3), so that according to him the revision of the constitution was undertaken by the assembly at the instance of the king. This interpretation overlooks the participle ‘irundu’ (l. 2) occurring immediately after the name Tattaṇūr-mūvēnda-vēḷāṉ, and standing in much closer relation to ‘āṇaiyiṉāl’ than to the words at the end of l. 2. There