COINAGE OF TEAVANCOEE. 
however^ the explanation given by natives refers 
the symbol to the navel^ legs^ and toes o£ the 
tutelary deity Patmanabhan, whose name means 
" the lily-navelled/' referring to the image of the 
god with the sacred lotus proceeding from the 
navel, from which flower the creator^ Brahma, 
issues. This explanation seems very probable 
were it not that in the chuckram, and generally, 
the device contains 10 + 2=12 dots. On more 
recent coins, however, as the silver fanams, the 
dots are 8 + 2=10^ possibly adopting the popular 
modern allusion and altering the number of dots 
accordingly. 
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Ghuckrams, ca^h. and chuckram Iioard. 
Rev . Twelve dots over crescent line with floreated 
brianching lines and right angles, and 3 or 2 dots 
underneath as iu No. 5. The chuckram being 
too small to receive the complete design, it is only 
seen to advantage on the fanam. 
AR. 30^ chuckrams being in weight equal to a 
