On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c3.6
On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c3.6
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c3.6
¹ The supposition that such a ligature is possible, betrays a want of acquaintance with the principles of Indian spelling. The Hindus divide *a-ṣṭa* (not *aṣ-ṭa*), *i-ṣṭa* (not *iṣ-ṭa*) *u-pta* (not *up-ta*) and so forth. Their ligatures represent elements of one and the same syllable, and hence they do not, and cannot, form ligatures like *aṣ* or *aś*, *iṣ*, *up* etc.