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                <title>Tiruvāmattūr, Apirāmēsvara temple, no king, no year</title>
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                        <forename>Renato</forename>
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                            Mentions that the garden of the temple is named Māṇikkavācakaṉ.
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                    &gt;It-tirunantava
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                    The reproduction of the inscription has made it possible to confirm the palaeographical dating of this record.
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                <p>Reported and edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Avanam22"/></bibl> (Avanam Vol. 22: 18.1).</p>
                <p>This digital edition by Renato Dávalos, based on printed version.</p>
                
                
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