On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c5.87

On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c5.87

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c5.87

² Indische Studien, vol. XVI, pp. 280, 399 ff. The list occurs twice, in the Samavāyāṅga and the Paṇṇāvanā Sūtras. There is a third list of alphabets with about 30 mostly very corrupt names in the Mahâvastu, I, p. 135 (Senart), which has been omitted intentionally, as its exact contents cannot be made out with certainty.

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Mahāvastu — Sanskrit
Samavāyaṃga — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit