> His other titles and surnames are : Rajarajan, > Kshatriya Sikhamani, Rajendra Simhan, Uyyakondan, > Pandya Kulasani, Keralantakan, Nittavinodan, > Rajasrayan, Sivapadasekharan, Jana-nathan, Ravikula > Manikkam, Nigarili Cholan, Cholendra Simhan, Chola > Marttandan, Raja Marttandan, Telunga-kula-kalan, > Kirti Parakraman, Mummudi Solan, Chola Narayanan, > Jayangonda Solan, Singalantakan, Taila-kula-kalan > and others (ARE 78 of 1930-31)
Is Keralantakan also a surname of Rajaraja I? Isn't it the name of a chera king who built the Keralantakan vaayil in the tanjore temple? Were both Rajarajan vaayil and Keralantakan vaayil built by Rajaraja chozhan only while building the temple? Either Balakumaran or Sundar Bharadwaj (one of them, i don't remember exactly who) said that the Keralantakan vaayil was not built by Rajaraja and was a later addition.
Or according to Dr. SRB, if it is the surname of Rajaraja, was the vaayil built by some other chola kings in rememberance to Rajaraja I?
How can a Chera king have the title Keralanthakan. Keralandakan means 'Destroyer of Kerala', if I am not mistaken.
Note the other titles 'Telunga-Kula-kalan, Taila-kula-Kalan, Pandya Kulasani', which mean the destroyer of those respective dynasties. (I'm not sure of Pandya Kulasani, though.)
But in PS Kalki says the Cholas named many of their princes and princesses as 'Maduranthakan' or 'Maduranthaki', in the similar vein. Similarly places like 'Maduranthakam' built by Cholas.
Anthakan means blind in tamil. Keralantakan means making cheras(kerala rulers) blind or destroyed. This was certainly a title of rajaraja. Pandiya kulachani should be read as Pandiya Kula nasini. This also carries almost a similar implication The keralanthakan thiruvayil of periya koil you are talking about belongs to Rajarajan period - but was build by one of his generals ( if I remember). It was named after the king - that's all. G