Studies in Cola History and Administration c7.8
Studies in Cōḻa History and Administration c7.8
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∗ Mr. P. T. Srinivasa Aiyangar apparently understands the expression *Vaḷ-vaḍakkiruttal* as "death by cutting one's throat with a sword"—*History of the Tamils* p. 336. Contra Pandit V. Svaminatha Aiyar's note at p. 135 of his edition of the *Puṟanāṉūṟu*, which I have followed. I may add that the king starved, sword in hand, to indicate the disgrace he had sustained on the field. *Puṟam* 65 purports to be a strictly contemporary reference to events; *Aham* 55 clearly refers to them as in the past, but is very valuable as corroborating the *Puṟam* stanza. Mr. P. T. Srinivasa Aiyangar's doubts on this head (*Tamils* p. 337) seem to be somewhat misplaced.