Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c6.s5.t2.20
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c6.s5.t2.20
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c6.s5.t2.20
The order of the letters is from right to left, in double letters the last pronounced consonant *only* counts, and vowels have no value. Thus Vishṇu = 54; badhnāti annam sasarpi = 17,750,603. As might be supposed, the use of this method brought numerous grammatical errors.