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On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c5.110

On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c5.110

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c5.110

³ See Dr. A. von Rosthorn's letter to me in the WZKM (Vienna Oriental Journal) X, 280, the contents of which are summarised in the above account. My former conjecture that the expression "12 *chang*" is a translation of *dvādaśākṣarī* (Bārākhaḍī) and stands for "12 (syllable) table" is of course not tenable.