Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c7.s5.2

c7.s5.2

Omissions are marked by a small cross (kākapāda or haṁsapāda) over the place, and the letter or words that are wanting are then written underneath the line³), or in the margin. If there are several such corrections on the same leaf, it is often difficult to make out the place to which each belongs, and this is a frequent cause of error in the transcripts of MSS. Copyists in India will always insert any marginal note they may see, in the text⁴), but are quite indifferent where they insert it.