Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s18.t1: 7.16.1 Elision of a stem-final vowel before a succeeding vowel
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s18.t1
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7.16.1 Elision of a stem-final vowel before a succeeding vowel
c27.s18.t1.1
| ***kaṇatikaṉ* (*kaṇa* + *atikaṉ*)** | **'chief of scribes'** | **40.1.a-b** |
| ***sa(p)pami(t)tā-iṉa* (*sappamittā* + *ā-iṉa*)** | | |
| | **'who is Sappamittā'** | **41.1.b-2** |
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*cēkkantaṇṇi* (*cēkkanti* + *aṇṇi*) 83.4.b-c
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*toṇṭi*(l)*lavōṉ* (*toṇṭi* + *illavōṉ*) 'Illavōṉ of Toṇṭi ' 10.2-3
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*aritiṉ* (*ariti* + *iṉ*) 'of Ariti ' 34.2
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In the following exceptional case the succeeding vowel is elided: *mūtāmaṇṇaṉ* (*mūtā* + *amaṇṇaṉ*) 'the senior Jaina monk' 62.1-2