Studies in Cola History and Administration c8.26

c8.26

To return to the *Sabhās* and *Brahmadēya* villages where they obtained. The earliest instance so far known of the constitution of a *Sabhā* is that contained in an inscription of the 35th year of Māraṇ Śaḍaiyaṇ, Circa A. D. 800, which records the settlement (vyavasthai) arrived at by the Mahāsabhā and introduced by the following words: Kaḷakkuḍi-nāṭṭu brahmadēyam-mānanilainallūr mahāsabhaiyōm-perunguṛi-śarṛi śrī gōvardhanattu-kkuḍiyirundu ivvūr mahāsabhaiyōm kūḍi manṛāḍuvadaṇukku-cceyda vyavasthaiyāvadu—