Indian Palaeography c11.14

c11.14

Then follow the consonants with the inherent *a*, divided into twenty-five mutes falling into five classes, four semi-vowels, three sibilants, one aspiration, one pure nasal, and three voiceless spirants. According to some the pure nasal and the three voiceless spirants are to be taken as vowels. Each class of the mutes consists of hard and soft consonants, their aspirates, and a corresponding nasal: