On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c10.10

c10.10

Though it is evident that the twelve *Phalā* are not identical with Hiulin's twelve *fan*, Mr. Halhed's statements show at all events that a syllabary Full certainty on the exact character of the Indian syllabaries and their history can only be obtained by an examination of the various works, called *lipiviveka*, *mātṛkāviveka*, *varṇamāla* and so forth, mentioned in the publications, connected with the Search for Sanskrit MSS., and in the Catalogues of European libraries. The kindness of Dr. Grierson, who made enquiries regarding the actual occurrence of Huilin’s twelve tables through Mr. Prother *nidhāya*, *daṇa* (*daṇṇa*) for *daṇḍa*, *china* (*chinna*) for *chinda*, with which latter Pali forms like *puṇṇarīka* for *puṇḍarīka* may be compared.