Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s18.t2: 5.18.2 Symbols in the cave inscriptions of Sri Lanka
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s18.t2
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5.18.2 Symbols in the cave inscriptions of Sri Lanka
c25.s18.t2.1
Symbols not forming part of the script occur in greater numbers and with higher frequency in the cave inscriptions of Sri Lanka.⁵ According to Paranavitana, these 'non-Brāhmī' symbols appear to have some connection with the contents of the inscriptions.⁶ The four symbols occurring with the Tamil-Brāhmī cave inscriptions do not appear in the cave inscriptions of Sri Lanka.
c25.s18.t2.2
⁵ S. Paranavitana 1970: pp. xxv-xxvi; 43 non-Brāhmī symbols occurring in the cave inscriptions of Sri Lanka are illustrated by him at p. xxvi.
c25.s18.t2.3
⁶ Ibid. for Paranavitana's identification of symbol No. 2 in his list as a 'phonogram' for the name Gamaṇi Tiśa.