Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c5.s2.t5.18
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c5.s2.t5.18
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c5.s2.t5.18
In the 16th and rarely in the 17th century, an abridged style of writing Tamiḷ is not unusual in which the long **ā** is connected with the preceding consonant; thus [Figure:]=**rā**⁴). Other letters *e.g.* [Figure:] (=**ṭṭ**) are also joined in a similar way; this manner of writing exists now in the cursive hand only.