Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c7.s18.13

c7.s18.13

⁴ EI. 1, 76. In confirmation of my explanation of the phrase *kuṭilānyakṣarāṇi viduṣā*, "by him who knows crooked letters," *i. e.*, letters difficult to read, I would point to Vikramāṅkacarita, 18, 42, where we have the statement that queen Sūryamatī did not allow herself to be cheated *kāyasthaiḥ kuṭila-lipibhiḥ*, "by writers using crooked alphabets."