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² T. Ponnambalam Pillai, quoting various authorities, in *Tamilian Antiquary*, vol. i, No. 4, pp. 73–9; see also ibid., pp. 53–5; and Mackenzie, p. 138. The notion that the tradition about the origin of the Manigrāmakars has anything to do with Manicheans is untenable. Dr. Pope, shortly before his death, expressed his acceptance of the opinion that Māṇikka lived *not later* than the fourth century (*Tam. Ant.*, *ut supra*, p. 54).