Early South Indian Palaeography c20: Index
Early South Indian Palaeography c20
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c20.1
A
c20.2
Abhidhāna-rājēndra, mention of pōlāsādha, a garden (in Ceylon) in, 253, 255.
c20.3
Adiṭṭhāna, (*Adhiṣṭhāna*) a monastery at Sittannavāśal, 246 f.
c20.4
Aiyangar, S. K., on Satiyaputra, 185.
c20.5
*Aiyan Paḷi*, the temple of Aiyanār or Sāṣṭa, 151.
c20.6
*Ājīvika darśana*, mention of, in an inscription in the Kāmākṣi temple, Kāñcīpuram, 189.
c20.7
Ājīvika sect, 131.
c20.8
Ājīvikas, as experts in astrology, 296.
c20.9
Ajjanandi, a Jaina teacher, 212.
c20.10
Akbar, Mughal Emperor, attempt of, to read the writings on pillars, 127.
c20.11
Akṣarappaḷḷi, an Indian system of letter-numerals, 67-68.
c20.12
Aḻagarai, inscribed potsherds in Brahmi script, from excavations at, 310-11.
c20.13
Aḻagarmalai, Brāhmī inscription at, 236-244; vowel system in, 139.
c20.14
Albērūnī, on the rediscovery of Brāhmī, 104.
c20.15
Allūru inscription, vowel system in, 139.
c20.16
Almanacs, for clogs, 9.
c20.17
Alphabet, different stages in the evolution of, 7.
c20.18
Alphabetic signs, letters representing sounds into which the syllable can be resolved, 13.
c20.19
*Amaṇar*, *s.a.* Jainas, 151.
c20.20
*Āmattūr-caṇṇippaṇai*, he who resides or dwells at Āmattūr, (*Tēvāram*), 223.
c20.21
American Indian, 14.
c20.22
Ānaimalai, Brāhmī inscription at, 274-78
c20.23
*Anandalahari*, a literary work, 258.
c20.24
*Āṇḍippāṟai*, near Erode; local name for Nāgamalai, beds with inscriptions in, 290.
c20.25
Āntai, meaning of, in the Vikkiramangalam record in the labels at Siddhārmalai, 233-34.
c20.26
*Antai Ariati*, in the labels at Siddhārmalai, meaning of, 259.
c20.27
*Antai-Iravātaṇ*, meaning of, 260.
c20.28
Antiochus, (Antiyaka), 187.
c20.29
Antiquity of writing, *Nārada Smṛti* on the, 97.
c20.30
Antiyaka, *s.a.* Antiochus.
c20.31
*Antuvaṉ*, a name in Tamil literature, 256.
c20.32
*Apote*, a name in the Kīḻavaḷavu record, 216.
c20.33
Appar, as Dharmasēna, 306, (n).
c20.34
Araccalūr, a village in the Erode taluk, Coimbatore District, Brāhmī inscriptions at, 290-298.
c20.35
*Araśa*, same as Araiya, 311, (n)2.
c20.36
Archaeological Survey of India, official view of the, on the language of Brāhmī records, 132-133.
c20.37
*Ardhamāgadhī*, language of, 80.
c20.38
*Arhat*, meaning of, 148.
c20.39
Arikamedu, near pondicherry; 130: excavation at, by Wheeler, inscribed potsherds from, 310.
c20.40
*Ariṣṭhanēmi*, name of a Jaina Tīrthaṅkara, 278.
c20.41
*Āritaṇ*, in the inscriptions, 141-142.
c20.42
*Āritana*, equivalent of Sanskrit Hāritānām, 275.
c20.43
Ariṭṭāpaṭṭi, (Māṅkuḷam), Brāhmī inscriptions at, 201-211.
c20.44
Ariṭṭha Kōyipan, name of a person, 278.
c20.45
*Arthaśāstra*, (Kauṭilya), mention of writing in, 101.
c20.46
Āruṇāṭṭār hill, a hillock near Pugaḷūr, 279.
c20.47
Aruvā-nāḍu, (Aruvāvaḍatalai), identification of, with the land around Kāñcī, 308-309.
c20.48
Aruvāḷar, identification of, with the *Śramaṇas*, 308. n.
c20.49
*Āraṇyakas*, on the knowledge of writing, 99.
c20.50
Aśoka, writing in the time of, 108; grand-son of, 131.
c20.51
Aśokan Edicts, writing from right to left in the, 59: forms of some letters of, 60: at Maski, Siddhāpura, Brahmagiri, Yerraguḍi, and Rājula Maṇḍagiri, 80; the mystery of the script of, 127; *Satiyaputa*, a country mentioned in, 185.
c20.52
Aśokan pillars at Topra and Meerut, shift of the, to Delhi, by Firoz Shah Tughlak, 127.
c20.53
Assyrian Cuneiform, 30.
c20.54
Assyrian origin of, Brāhmī script, 45-46.
c20.55
*Aṣṭamahānimittam*, Sacred book of the Ājīvikas, on the science of prognastication, 296.
c20.56
*Aṣṭādhyāyī*, (Pāṇini), reference to writing in, 99.
c20.57
*Ātan*, meaning and derivation of, 148.
c20.58
*Ataṇ*, same as Ātan, part of personal name, 278.
c20.59
*Atiṭṭānam*, meaning of, 153-154.
c20.60
Atlas Mountain, drawings in the, 16.
c20.61
Aurignasian, cave drawings of, 11; cave paintings at Las caut, 15.
c20.62
Avinīta, name borne by Western Gaṅga kings, 289.
c20.63
Āyvai, a sleeping place mentioned in the *Piṅgalaṅtai Nikaṇṭu*, 254.
c20.64
B
c20.65
*Bābhanesu Ājīvikasu*, *Dharma mahāmatras*) from VII Pillar Edict, 191.
c20.66
Badhi Inscriptions, (dedicated to Lord (Mahā) Vīra, 106.
c20.67
Bāṇa chieftain, Uṟaṅgā-villi-dāsan, 264.
c20.68
Barua, B.M., on the identification of Satiyaputa, 185-186.
c20.69
Bayley, on the origin of Brāhmī Numerals, 65.
c20.70
Bhadrabāhu, association of, with Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, 163.
c20.71
*Bhadrabāhu-carita*, A Sanskrit work by Ratnanandi, 164.
c20.72
*Bhagavatī Sūtra*, reference to Brāhmī script in, 102.
c20.73
Bhandarkar, R. G., on the identification of Satiyaputa, 185.
c20.74
*Bārakhaḍī* or *Siddha Mātṛikā*, on Indian system of letter-numerals, 67.
c20.75
*Bhaṭṭiproḷu*, Brāhmī found on the relic caskets at, 59, 72, 106; Drāviḍī style of Southern Brāhmī inscriptions at and the language and object of, 131-134.
c20.76
Black-on-red ware, a variety of pottery, Brāhmī script on, 310.
c20.77
Bothling, on the use of writing, 108-109.
c20.78
*Boustrophedon*, a form of writing found in the Yerraguḍi version of MRE of Aśoka, 61.
c20.79
'Box-headed', a variety of script, commonly found in Vākāṭaka inscriptions, 291.
c20.80
Brahmagiri, Aśokan Edicts at, 80.
c20.81
*Brāhmaṇas*, high figures in the, 98.
c20.82
Brāhmī Inscriptions, in Ceylon, 158-160; from some caves in Madhya Pradesh, 41; language of, 127-157; (In South India) records of the time of, 307; use of Prākṛt language in, in early Tamilnad, 129.
c20.83
Brāhmī and Kharoṣṭhī scripts, comparative table of the derivatives of the, as given by Bühler, 55.
c20.84
Brāhmī Numerals, Bayley on the origin of, 65; independent origin of, 69.
c20.85
Brāhmī Script, Assyrian origin of, by Deecke, Canon Isac Taylor, Halevey and Rhys Davids, 45, 46; Chinese origin of, by Terrein de la Coupereie, 45; Cunningham on the origin of, 69-70; designed for a language having certain peculiarities, 79; designed for the Prākṛt language, 86; direction of writing of, 59-60; discussion leading to the indigenous growth of, 69; Dravidian origin of, 70-71; evolution of Grantha from, 85; grouping of, 78; language of, 80; indigenous origin of, arguments regarding, 74; main characteristics of, 77-79: North Semitic Origin of 48-49; objection to the theory of its being designed for the Dravidian language, objection to, indigenous origin of, 71; peculiarities of, 133-134; Phoene-cian origin of, by Weber and others, 46-47; rediscovery of, by Alberūni, 104; Semitic origin of, 46; 49-50; 62; Shama Sastri, on the origin of, 170; South Semitic origin of, by scholars like Deecke, Cannon Isaac Taylor, Sethe, Bühler and others 47-48; study of the characteristics of, 78-79; Vedic or Aryan origin of, 69.
c20.86
Brāhmī (Tamil), peculiarities and deviations of, from Aśokan records, 138-141.
c20.87
*Bṛhaspati* (*Vārttikā*), on the antiquity of writing in India, 97.
c20.88
*Bṛhat-Kathākośa*, a Sanskrit work by Hariṣēna, 164.
c20.89
*Bubalus antiqus*, giant buffalo, 16.
c20.90
Buddha, Kañcaṇa, future name of 220.
c20.91
Bühler, on Draviḍī script, 112. on the origin of Brāhmī, 45, 47-48; on the history of writing in Aśoka's time, 108; on the peculiarities of the Indian alphabet and the principles according to which the derivation took place, 57-59; on vowelled consonants, 221.
c20.92
Bushmen, of South Africa, paintings of, 17.
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C
c20.94
Caiyaḷan Vinataiūra, name of occupant of Muttupaṭṭi cave, 267.
c20.95
Caḷiyan, name of a person in Ariṭṭāpaṭṭi, (Māṅguḷam), inscription, 207.
c20.96
Calumet, a device, 9.
c20.97
Cammiade, L. A., 218.
c20.98
*Caṇam*, related to *śayana*, (Sanskrit) meaning bed; also Prakṛt, 223.
c20.99
Candragupta, association of, with S'ravaṇa Beḷgoḷa, 163; Digambara traditions about, 164.
c20.100
Candranandi Ācāryaniśidika of, in the label at Tirunātharkuṉṟu, 300.
c20.101
Caniyan or Carikan, proper name in Ariṭṭāpaṭṭi, (Māṅguḷam) inscription, 203.
c20.102
Cantaritan, name of a person who gave away or made the bed or cavern, 210.
c20.103
Calāvaṉ, meaning of, (Māmaṇḍūr), 289.
c20.104
Cāṭikānā, a variant of Caṭṭhiyana, Ariṭṭāpaṭṭi (Māṅguḷam), 202.
c20.105
*Catiyapālika*, or relic monastery, 204.
c20.106
*Caturvargacintamaṇi*, a work by Hemādri, 220.
c20.107
Cave drawings, of Aurignacian at Lascaut, 15.
c20.108
Cayana, meaning bed, Tirupparaṅkuṉṟam inscription, 254.
c20.109
Ceṉaṉ, used as a title of some Jains, 306, n. 23.
c20.110
Centaṉtaṉ, in a label at Tiruccirāppaḷḷi, stands for the name or title of a male person, 306, n. 23.
c20.111
Central Europe, Palaeolithic caves of, 15.
c20.112
Central Sahara, paintings in, 16.
c20.113
Ceru Atan, (Koṅgarpuḷiyaṅkuḷam inscription), name of a person, 231.
c20.114
Ceylon cave Brāhmī inscriptions, reference to, by Krishna Sastri, 158; the script, the language, and the date of, 159-160.
c20.115
Chad Wick, 218.
c20.116
Champollion, on hieroglyphic characters, 23.
c20.117
Charles Darwin, 3.
c20.118
Charles Dickens, 3.
c20.119
Childe, Gordon, on the invention of writing 12; on the part of letters and numerals in human history, 1.
c20.120
Chinese origin, of Brahmi script, 45.
c20.121
Chinese writing, 30-39.
c20.122
Cirāpaḷḷi, same as Tiruccirāppaḷḷi, 301, n. 6.
c20.123
*Citrakārapuli*, a title of Mahendravarma, 301, n. 13.
c20.124
Commiade, L. A., inscription at Marugāḷtalai, found by, 127.
c20.125
Consonants, in Brāhmī inscriptions 139-140.
c20.126
Coo-ee, an oft-used method of communication, 7.
c20.127
Cuneiform writing, 26; origin and different stages of, 27.
c20.128
Cunningham, on the origin of Brāhmī, 69-70.
c20.129
Curtius, Q. on writing materials, 104.
c20.130
Cust, R. N , on the origin of writing in India, 43.
c20.131
D
c20.132
Dāmōdaravarman, Maṭṭepāḍu Plates of, 68.
c20.133
Daśaratha, grandson of Aśoka, 131.
c20.134
Digambara traditions, Bhadrabahu and Candragupta in the, 164.
c20.135
Diringer, on Chinese script and language, 31; development of Chiense writing, 35; on origin and invention of Chinese characters, traditional accounts, 37, n. ; on decipherment of the Indus script, 94; on the relation of the Brāhmī with the Indus script, 73-74; on Sumerian characters, 30.
c20.136
*Dhamām*, variant of *Dharmma*, in Ariṭṭāpaṭṭi (Māṅguḷam) inscription, 203.
c20.137
*Dharmamahāmātras*, VII Pillar Edict, 191.
c20.138
*Dharmasoka Mahāraja Vihāra*, a monastery at Nāgapaṭṭinam, 181.
c20.139
De Kempelen on sounds of speech, 3.
c20.140
Demotic writing, script of the people, 25; from right to left, 26.
c20.141
Desai, P. B., on Jainism in Tamilnad, 172.
c20.142
Devanampiya Tissa, a king of Ceylon, 179.
c20.143
Drāviḍī or Damili Script, 112.
c20.144
Dravidian alphabets, special characteristics of some, 134.
c20.145
Drum, instrument to transmit news among tribal men, 8.
c20.146
*Durvinīta*, a name borne by Western Gaṅga kings, 289.
c20.147
*Dvandvākṣara*, ligature, (Brāhmī inscriptions), 120, 291.
c20.148
E
c20.149
Eastern Spain, Palaeolithic drawings in, 150.
c20.150
Edict II of Aśōka, contents of, 182.
c20.151
Edward Tylor, Sir, anthropologist, 2.
c20.152
Egyptian civilisation, authors of the, 96.
c20.153
Egyptian scribes, 12.
c20.154
Ekadaṇḍins, Smārtas, 306-307, n. 23.
c20.155
*Ēmam*, meaning of, 208.
c20.156
Embryo-writing, by primitive men, 10.
c20.157
Eomināṭu, S'ittannavaśal inscription, name of a territorial division, 246.
c20.158
Eran, legend on the coins at, 59; 105; legend on the die of, 60.
c20.159
*Erhya*, a lexicon of Chinese language, compiled about 1100 B.C., 36.
c20.160
*Ēri*, lake, 275.
c20.161
*Ēri Aritan*, proper name of a person, 277.
c20.162
*Ēri-Aritanā*, stands for *Airavatanam*, 276.
c20.163
*Eṟumanāḍu*, name of a territorial division, 248.
c20.164
*Eṟukōṭūr*, a place name, in Tirupaṟaṅkuṉṟam inscription, 252.
c20.165
*Eṟukōṭūr Iḷa-Kuṭumpikan-Polālaiyan*, Tirupaṟaṅkuṉṟam inscription, adjective as a prefix to the name of a person, a Dravidian form, 155.
c20.166
Eṭhuyūr, name of a village, Karuṅgālakkuḍi inscription, 213.
c20.167
*Eṭṭis'āyalaṇ*, a name mentioned in the *S'ilappadikāram*, 270.
c20.168
F
c20.169
Father Schiel Tablet, which is of pictographic character; drawn upright in vertical column and to be read downward and from right to left, 27-28.
c20.170
Fa. Wan-Shu-Lin, on the invention of Brāhmī, 104.
c20.171
Firoz Shah, Tughlak, shifting of Aśokan pillars to Delhi, by, 127.
c20.172
Fleet, on the association of Candragupta Maurya and Bhadrabāhu, 169.
c20.173
French-Ahaggar, Expedition of, 16.n.
c20.174
G
c20.175
Geiger (*Māhavaṁśa*), on the advent of Buddhism into Ceylon even before Aśoka, 177.
c20.176
Gordon, D. H., on the origin of the Indus valley civilization, 88.
c20.177
Gorilla, shadow of, 6.
c20.178
Govinda Pai, on the association of Candragupta and Bhadrabāhu, 170.
c20.179
Graffiti marks, found on the pottery of the chalcolithic and Megalithic cultures of India, 42.
c20.180
Grantha, evolution of, from Brāhmi, 85.
c20.181
Grantha script, of 7th and 8th centuries in the Tamil Country 140; for writing Sanskrit portion of records in Tamil country, 299.
c20.182
*Gṛdhrakūṭa*, Sanskrit form for Tamil *Kaḷugumalai*, 174.
c20.183
*Guhyas* or *Guhyakas*, vehicles or bearers of the Yakṣa Gods like Kubēra, 208.
c20.184
H
c20.185
Haddon, A. D., on alphabet writing, 12; on pictography, 13.
c20.186
Halevy, Joseph, on the Greek origin of Brāhmī, 45.
c20.187
Harappa, Seals and objects with pictographs from, 72.
c20.188
Hathigumpha inscription of the Kalinga king Kharavela, 139.
c20.189
Hawaii, revenue book of 29, n.
c20.190
Hebrew, a form of writing, 51.
c20.191
Heras, H., on the decipherment of the Indus script, 94.
c20.192
Hieratic writing, script of the priest, 25.
c20.193
Hieroglyphs, 19.
c20.194
Hieroglyphic words, 13.
c20.195
Hieroglyphic character, consists of, word signs, phonograms and phonetic complements and determinatives, 23.
c20.196
Hieroglyphic writing, Uni-consonantal signs of, 24.
c20.197
Hieun-Tsang, on Asoka's association with Kañcipuram, 187; reference to early invention of writing by, 104; a tradition recorded by, on a Buddhist mission below Drāviḍa Tāmraparṇi, 180-181.
c20.198
Hoernle, on Jaina migration to the south. 166-167.
c20.199
Hoffman tablet. of, 28.
c20.200
Homonyms, words with same sound but different meanings, 32.
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