On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c7.s2.13
On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c7.s2.13
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c7.s2.13
In the two signs for *bha* (No 2, Col. VI) and for *jha* (No 7, Col. VI) an angle or hook serves the same purpose as the curve of the other four aspirates, and in both cases the original sign is mutilated in order to make the new form less cumbersome. The *ba* has lost its base line and the *ja* its two [74] bars. It seems not improbable, as has already been suggested by others, that the angle or hook of aspiration may be a cursive development from the letter *ha*.