Studies in Cola History and Administration c12.62

c12.62

'B' l. 7: *kaiyūṭṭu*: Venkayya translates this into 'forbidden dish.' For this translation for which little or no support is derived from the dictionaries or from literary usage, he seems to depend on the reference to '*kṛta prāyaścittam*' which follows. This he thinks is a mistake for '*ghṛta prāyaścitta*' and cites * Manu XI 215 in support. But '*ghṛta prāyaścitta*' is not a term known to Dharmaśāstra literature; the drinking of hot ghee for three days is part of a long *prāyaścitta* known as '*taptakṛcchra*' (Manu XI 215) which Manu prescribes as