Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c7.s5.10
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c7.s5.10
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c7.s5.10
In a Tamiḻ grant (Pallava) of the eleventh century some words which are several times repeated are given in an abbreviated form, *e. g.* ‘go:’ for ‘gotra’. It is, perhaps, remarkable that abbrevations should occur so seldom, for the ‘bījāxara’ system has long been held in esteem in India.