Indian Palaeography c3.17
Indian Palaeography c3.17
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c3.17
On the other hand the main unit, being ten in Brāhmī, other symbols are derived from it by the Indian method of additional strokes. Five has a symbol of ten with its mouth open upward and a vertical stroke added to it. The symbol of six is two ten symbols, placed one on the top of the other, both having their mouth open to the right. The symbol for seven has the symbol of ten with its mouth downward and a stroke extends the right arm downward. The dead value of nothingness can be understood by the simple riddle of play balls: