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				<title>SII 8.240: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer</title>
				<title type="alt">No. 240. (A.R. No. 636 of 1902). ON THE SAME PILLAR.</title>
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						<forename>Dorotea</forename>
						<surname>Operato</surname>
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			<funder>European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994</funder></titleStmt>
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			<change who="part:doop" when="2026-02-26" status="draft">Further conversion of digital encoding to DHARMA encoding scheme according to EGD (Encoding Guide for Diplomatic Editions)</change>
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					<milestone n="A" unit="face" type="pagelike"/><label>First Face.</label>
					
					<lb n="1"/><hi rend="grantha">svasti śrī <supplied reason="subaudible"><g ref="sym:doubleBar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied></hi>
					<lb n="2"/>korā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>ke<hi rend="grantha">sa</hi><unclear>ri</unclear>
					<lb n="3" break="no"/>vanmaṟku yāṇṭu
					<lb n="4"/>2<g ref="sym:dash" type="punctuation">.</g>Āvatu Am<unclear>pa</unclear>
					<lb n="5" break="no"/>rnāṭṭu <hi rend="grantha">brahmade</hi>ya
					<lb n="6" break="no"/>m tirumikaiccūr
					<lb n="7"/><hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>mula<hi rend="grantha">sthā</hi>ṉamu
					<lb n="8" break="no"/><unclear>ṭai</unclear>ya <hi rend="grantha">mahāde</hi>va
					<lb n="9" break="no"/>r tiruvu<hi rend="grantha">tsa</hi>vam
					<lb n="10"/>vaikāci Uttira
					<lb n="11" break="no"/>ttukku van=ta<hi rend="grantha"> śi</hi>va
					<lb n="12" break="no"/>yo<hi rend="grantha">gi</hi>kaḷukkum
					<lb n="13"/>paṉmā<hi rend="grantha">heśva</hi>
					<lb n="14" break="no"/><hi rend="grantha">ra</hi><supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>k=kum Eḻunāḷum
					<lb n="15"/>van=ta <unclear>A</unclear>ṭiyārkku<supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied> U<unclear>ṇ</unclear>
					<lb n="16" break="no"/>ṇa I<unclear>n</unclear>nāṭṭu <hi rend="grantha">brahma</hi>⌈
					<lb n="17" break="no"/><hi rend="grantha">de</hi>yam Ālattū <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> 
					<lb n="18"/><unclear>ru</unclear>k=ku n=tiruppācūrki<unclear>ḻa</unclear>
					<lb n="19" break="no"/><unclear>va</unclear>ṉ Amutāḷ<unclear>vānu</unclear>
					<lb n="20" break="no"/>m Innāṭṭu <hi rend="grantha">brahma<unclear>de</unclear></hi>
					<lb n="21" break="no"/>ya māṇiku<unclear>ṭi Ū</unclear><seg type="aksara"><seg type="component" subtype="body"><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="component"/></seg><unclear>e</unclear></seg>
					<lb n="22"/><unclear>vilai</unclear>koṇṭu<unclear>ṭai</unclear>
					<lb n="23" break="no"/>ya Etta<unclear>c</unclear>cey <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> 
					<lb n="24"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> <unclear>ṇṭume</unclear>lai O<unclear>ru</unclear>
					<lb n="25" break="no"/>māvukkuk kiḻpāṟ
					<lb n="26" break="no"/>kke<unclear>llai</unclear> <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> ta<unclear>ḷi</unclear>v<unclear>ā</unclear>
					<lb n="27" break="no"/>ykkālukku <unclear>meṟ</unclear>k
					<lb n="28" break="no"/><unclear>ku</unclear>m teṉpāṟ<unclear>ke</unclear>
					<lb n="29" break="no"/><unclear>llai</unclear> k<unclear>o</unclear>ṟṟa<unclear>ṅ</unclear>ku<unclear>ṭi</unclear>
					<lb n="30"/><unclear>nila</unclear>ttukku vaṭa<unclear>k=ku</unclear>
					<lb n="31" break="no"/>m melpāṟ<unclear>k=ke</unclear>
					<lb n="32" break="no"/><unclear>llai kiḻpilāṟṟu</unclear>
					<lb n="33"/>nilattuk=ke ki<unclear>ḻak</unclear>
					<lb n="34" break="no"/>kum vaṭa<unclear>pā</unclear>ṟk=ke<unclear>l</unclear>
					<lb n="35" break="no"/>lai Immāṇiku<unclear>ṭi</unclear>
					<lb n="36" break="no"/>p <unclear>pu</unclear>ṟat<unclear>tu</unclear>ṭavaik
					<lb n="37" break="no"/>kut teṟk=kum ki<unclear>ḻ</unclear>ai
					<lb n="38" break="no"/>Ettacce<supplied reason="omitted">y</supplied>k=ku kiḻpā
					<lb n="39" break="no"/>ṟk=kellai taḷivā
					<lb n="40" break="no"/>yk=kāluk=ku meṟk=ku
					<lb n="41" break="no"/>m teṉpāṟk=kel
					<lb n="42" break="no"/>lai māṭalaṉ k<unclear>o</unclear>
					<lb n="43" break="no"/>va ṉācca<supplied reason="omitted">ṉ</supplied> nilattuk=ku
					<lb n="44" break="no"/>m <hi rend="grantha">mahāde</hi>var nilat
					<lb n="45" break="no"/>tuk=kum kavuciya<unclear>ṉ</unclear>
					<lb n="46"/>nārā<supplied reason="omitted">ya</supplied><unclear>ṇa</unclear>ṉ cātta<supplied reason="omitted">ṉ</supplied><unclear>ṉi</unclear>
					<lb n="47" break="no"/>lattuk=kum kavici<unclear>ya</unclear>
					<lb n="48" break="no"/>ṉ kaṇṇaṅkuṭi <unclear>ṉi</unclear>
					<lb n="49" break="no"/><unclear>lat</unclear>tuk=kum vaṭak=kum
					<lb n="50"/>melpāṟk=kellai
					<lb n="51"/>taḷivāykkāluk=ku ki
					<lb n="52" break="no"/><unclear>ḻa</unclear>k=kum vaṭapāṟk=ke<unclear>l</unclear>
					<lb n="53" break="no"/>lai taḷivā<supplied reason="omitted">y</supplied>kkālu<unclear>k=ku</unclear>
					<lb n="54" break="no"/>t teṟk=kum Ivvi<unclear>cai</unclear>
					<lb n="55" break="no"/>tta Iṉ<unclear>ṉāṉk=kellai</unclear>
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				<p>The continuation of the inscription on the other side of the pillar is built in.</p>
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				<p>Digital edition of SII 8.240 by <bibl><ptr target="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1937_01"/></bibl> converted to DHARMA conventions by Dorotea Operato.</p>
				
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