[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.435 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.435 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.435 - **Language:** English ### [c8.435](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.435) MĀṆIKYAVĀCAKAR (MĀṆIKKA-VĀSAHAR). A devotee and poet who lived in Tamilnāḍu. He is believed to have lived during the period between the eighth and ninth centuries A.D. He was born in Tiruvādavūr in an Ādiśaiva brahmin family. Tiruvādavūr was a village near Madura, the capital of Pāṇḍya kingdom. His father was Śambhupādāśrita and mother Śivajñānavatī. The name given by his parents to Māṇikyavācakar is still unknown. Because he was born in Tiruvādavūr everybody called him Tiruvādavūrār. He became a scholar in his sixteenth year. The Pāṇḍya king called him to his palace and appointed him as his minister. He gave him the honour of the title ‘Tennavar Brahma-rāyar’. Māṇikyavācakar showed more interest in devotional matters than in matters of the state. - [Previous: c8.434](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.434) - [Next: c8.436](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.436) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.435](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.435) · Pramāṇa