Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s12.t2.2
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s12.t2.2
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c25.s12.t2.2
The letter *ḷ* of Tamil-Brāhmī is formed by attaching a small angular stroke (looking like an inverted L) to the letter *l* (Chart 3:II. 1 & 2). The same attachment is employed for deriving *ṟ* from *ṭ* and *ṉ* from *n* indicating that these letters were formed at the same time when Tamil-Brāhmī was adapted from the Brāhmī script. The angular stroke is also drawn cursively from the earliest times (ibid. II.³).