Indian Palaeography c12.s5.35

c12.s5.35

(xxxiii) In the pillar edicts one more letter, *ḍa*, is observed. It is used optionally only with three words: *eḍaka*, *duḍi*, and *paṁnaḍasa*—the first two being the names of animals. It is formed by adding a dot at the bottom of the line of *ḍa*. This is the parent of the modern North Indian *ḍa*, in which case also a dot is placed below the form of *ḍa*.