Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c5.s2.t4.9
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c5.s2.t4.9
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² I have been told by a Brahman of the Mādhva sect that the founder (Ānandatīrtha, † 1198 A. D.) wrote his works in this character on palm leaves, and that some are still preserved in a brass box and worshipped at Uḍupi. It is probable, but I have not been able to get any corroboration of this story. The MSS. (if still existing) must be reduced by time to the condition of tinder; for the oldest MS. that I have seen in S. India which was of the 15th century, could not be handled without damage to it.