[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.3305 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3305 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3305 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3305](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3305) When the Malayālis started liking the Maṇipravāla they started using ‘Ārya eluṭṭu’ a form of Grantbalipi. This script was known as Tulu-Malayālam also. This was also born of the Brāhmīlipi. Gradually Veṭṭeluṭṭu and Koleluṭṭu was in use in the north of Kerala among Muslims. The Alphabets now in use by the different languages of south India took shape only about two centuries ago. The lipi of Malayāḷam now in use came into shape by the time of Eḷuttaśśan spreading the belief that it was Eḷuttaśśan who had made the alphabet. It is wise to believe that the Malayāḷam script came into use gradually from Ārya eḷuttu than to give credit to one individual for its origin. - [Previous: c7.3304](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3304) - [Next: c7.3306](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3306) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3305](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3305) · Pramāṇa