Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c6.s4.t3.2

c6.s4.t3.2

In accordance with the expressions of the Sanskrit phonologists and grammarians, who take into account the spoken language alone² and who call the *k*-sound *ka-kāra*, the *g*-sound *ga-kāra*, &c., the medial *a* is inherent in all consonants, and consequently medial *ā* is expressed by the stroke which distinguishes *A* from *Ā*.