On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c5.123
On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c5.123
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c5.123
¹ The Indian masons, the *sūtradhāras* or *vardhakins* of the older literature and the *sileṭās* of our days, occupy an intermediate position between the Aryan and the Śūdra classes. They wore and still wear the sacred thread, and they possessed and still possess a small amount of Sanskrit learning. The rules of their craft, which they commit to memory, are written in Sanskrit, and are at present largely mixed with Prakrit and barbarous bastard forms.