Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s12.t1.43
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s12.t1.43
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c25.s12.t1.43
Karunaratne has drawn attention to the employment of the reversed *ḍ* of Brāhmī with the sound *ḻ* in Early Sinhala-Prakrit inscriptions.⁷ He points out that in the expression *damēḍa*⁸ (corresponding to Ta. *tamiḻa*), the letter *ḍ* is reversed even though the direction of writing of the inscription is not reversed. His inference that the reversed form of *ḍ* in such cases has to be read as *ḻ* is acceptable.