Studies in Cola History and Administration c14.33

c14.33

Name and date.—In the inscriptions, our chieftain is variously called Kūttan, Maṇavīṛkūttan, Arumbākkiḷān, Poṇṇambalakkūttan, Kāḷingarkōn, Kāḷingarāyan, Toṇḍaimān, Aruḷākaran, Naralōkavīran, Mānāvatūra and so on. The long bilingual inscription (No. 7) from Cidambaram mentions that he erected a high stone wall round the temple, and called it Naralōkavīra ; and although the title Aruḷākara is sometimes employed to commemorate him in the names of places, streams etc., still Naralōkavīra figures more often in the names of maṇḍapas, halls and villages called after him, and of the worship instituted for his benefit. Moreover, Naralōkavīra is a far more distinctive title than Kāḷingarkōn or Kāḷingarāya, than even Maṇavīṛkūttan. It seems best, for these reasons, to call our chieftain Naralōkavīra.