Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s12.t1.12
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s12.t1.12
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⁸ A.H. Dani (1986: p. 71) is mistaken in attributing the view that *ḻ* is derived from the Brāhmī 'double-looped' *ja* to K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer. The comparison was made by H. Krishna Sastri (1919: p. 336, n. 7), which was not accepted by Subrahmanya Aiyer (1924: pp. 284-285) who emphasised the much closer likeness to the modern Tamil *ḻ*.