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                        "title": "V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar, The Silappadikaram",
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                        "label": "ஔவை சு. துரைசாமிப் பிள்ளை உரை",
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                        "commentator": "பொ.வே. சோமசுந்தரனார்",
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