On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c7.s1.14
On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c7.s1.14
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c7.s1.14
¹ Regarding the use of ink in India, see above p. 22. The ancient Indian term for ink is *maṣi*, often spelt *masi*, and now pronounced *makhi*, which is derived from the obsolete verb *maṣ*, *hiṃsāyām*, compare *maṣa* and *maṣmaṣā*. Etymologically and originally it means 'powder' (of charcoal and the like), used for the preparation of ink, see the larger Petersburg Dictionary under *masi*, and the Grundriss, I, 11, p. 91.