Indian Palaeography c12.s7.6

c12.s7.6

(vii and viii) The medial vowels *e* and *o*, which, according to Sanskrit grammar, are the *guṇa* forms of *i* and *u*, are derived from them by the addition of a horizontal stroke to the top (or middle) left of the consonant, but this addition cancels the vertical stroke of *i* and transfers the horizontal stroke of *u* from bottom to the top right (Fig. 5. IX, X).