Indian Palaeography c12.s5.17

c12.s5.17

(xvi) The letter *ta* is formed in several ways. The simplest is formed from an inclined straight line from the middle of which another short stroke is given at an angle either on the right or on the left as the case may be; e.g. 人 or 入. The curving of the additional stroke makes other varieties: 𑀢 or λ. A different formation is obtained by appending an angle just below the vertical: 人, and this last also makes a variation when the angle is cursively drawn into a curve: 𑀢. Two or three forms are found in the same inscription and hence no regional classification can be made.