Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s13.4

c25.s13.4

*-i*: The angular form of the medial *-i* sign in Early Tamil-Brāhmī (Chart 6: *-i*: *1*) becomes cursive in Late Tamil-Brāhmī (ibid. *60*, *83*). In an exceptional form in the pottery inscriptions at Kodumanal, the medial *-i* stroke is attached to the horizontal arm in *ki* (Chart 7: KDM 15). In Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu, the curved medial stroke placed above the consonant is sometimes detached from it (as in *ḷi* in Chart 6: *-i*: *113*).