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An attempt to truce the Source Kulöttunga II (A.D. 1:13-1150). Though the Cintamani referred to here is not explicitly stated to be the Cc. it is most probable that the reference is to the Cc. This makes it clear therefore that by the first half of the 12th Century the Cc. had come to occupy a position of considerable importance. However this reference does not lead to any conclusion regarding the date which should supplement our earlier inferences regarding the same from a comparative study of the Cc. and the Sanskrit works of Vadibhasimha.
(is) In the verse written to extol Naccinārkkiniyar's commentary on the Cc. 1 it is mentioned that Tēvar was honoured by one Poyyāmoli. This reference proceeds as follows:
.. . van peru vancip poyfümoli pukal maijarů kāteit
tiruttaku munivan (Tiruttakumunivān the one with flawless perception who was praised by Poyyāmoli of the city of Vanci)
We do not know who wrote this verse. Now the question arises regarding the identity of Poyyāmoli. It is generally beld that the word Poyyāmoli is the Tamil rendering of the Sanskrit epithet Satyavākya' (the one of truthful speech.) It is known that many rulers of the Ganga dynasty flourished in the modern Mysore state, with Talakad (Talavanapura in Sanskrit) as their capitala till about A.D. 1000 when the Cola supremacy put an end to it. Most of the kings of this family are reputed to have been devoted to Jainism. It is difficult to say with certainty which of the Ganga kings holding the title Satyavākya has been referred to as Poyyāmoli in the above verse. Certain claims have been made that the reference is to king Satyavākya Kongunivarma Bhūtuga Permānadi (A.D. 938-953).3 But, these claims have not been justified clearly and we can only say that it is likely that the author of the Cc. may have been honoured by one of these Satyavākya kings of the Ganga dynasty, We have consulted the book 'Studies in South Indian Jainism' by M. S. Ramaswami Ayyangar and B. Seshgiri Rao, in which they have given a geneological table of the Ganga kings and the article written by M.V. Krishna Rao on the 'Ganga kings Talakad. Rajamalla I, the son of Vijayāditya Ranavikrama, appears to have been the first Ganga king who held this title. He succeeded Viyāditya in A.D. 818. This is also corroborated 1 Cc. edited by U. V. Swaminatha Iyer, 6th edition, Madras, 1957, p. 1523. 2 Fleet, op. cit. p. 299. 3 S. Vaiyapuripillai, Kiviya kalam, p. 174; B. Balasubrahmaniyam, op. cit. p. 21, 4 M. S. Ramaswami Ayyangar and C. Seshagiri Rao, op. cit, p. 155. 5 M. V. Krishna Rao, 'The Gangas of Talakad, Karnataka through the ages, published by the
government of Mysor. 1968. pp.116. 127. 6 The book Kongadesa rājäkkal refers to one Satyaväkya raya, the great grandson of Vijayaditya.
who was so called because he was always truthful. It also reports the acts of charity performed by his brother Gunatuttamaraya in Saka year 800 (A.D. 878). We do not know how much we can rely on this date. Kongadesa rajākkal, p. 9.
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