Studies in Cola History and Administration c14.55

c14.55

It may be observed in passing that the *ulā* makes an unmistakable distinction between the celebrated Karuṇākara Toṇḍaimāṉ, the conqueror of Kaliṅgam, and our chieftain who has been rather hastily identified with Karuṇākara on account of one of his titles, Aruḷākara, which occurs in the inscriptions noticed above.† That a surname conveying the same idea is expressed in two forms like Karuṇākara and Aruḷākaru which are never confused in the epigraphs, is in itself* sufficient indication that they refer to different persons;