Indian Epigraphy c9.t1.2

c9.t1.2

¹ This is *tāla* (*tāḍa*) and *tālī* (*tāḍī*) respectively called *Borassus flabel liformis* and *Coryfa umbraculifera* (or *taliera*). Rājaśekhara’s *Kāvya-mīmāṃsā* (G.O.S. ed., p. 50) suggests that *tāḍi-patra* and birch-bark was used for writing with pen and ink while the *loha-kaṇṭaka* or iron needle was used to write on *tāla-dala*.