On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c3.3
On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c3.3
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c3.3
Thus the list of the passages from the Jātakas, which mention writing communication from Dr. B. Liebich (p. 120 f.) has put me in possession of the proof that the Bengal schoolmasters until a very recent period used a set of twelve such tables, called *phalā* or in Sanskrit *phalaka*, which term the Chinese expressions *chang* and *fan* probably are intended to render.