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# Manimekalai (Kulavanikan Cattanar) (Maṇimēkalai (Kūlavāṇikaṉ Cāttaṉār))

Buddhist epic consisting of 4861 akaval lines in 30 cantos and a Preamble.

- **Language:** Tamil
- **Date:** 300 BCE – 1000 CE
- **Author:** [Kūlavāṇikaṉ Cāttaṉār](https://indike.org/pramana/person/kulavanikan-cattanar)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

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