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VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
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At 02:33 09/06/02 -0500, you wrote:
>VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
>Editors:  Tej K. Bhatia, Syracuse University, New York
>           John Peterson, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
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Dear Vijay Thakur,

see the following book that was recently
advertized on the Liverpool INDOLOGY LIST

I have ordered it but have not yet received it

Best wishes

-- Jean-Luc Chevillard
  (CNRS, University Paris 7,
   History of Linguistics Research Team [UMR 7597, HTL])

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Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 11:23:16 GMT+0100
Sender: Indology <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
From: gruenendahl <gruenen at MAIL.SUB.UNI-GOETTINGEN.DE>
Subject: Again: New book on South Indian scripts

Thanks for the interest expressed in a number of direct messages,
which made me aware that I should have included a table of contents
and some practical information.

Reinhold Grünendahl:
South Indian Scripts in Sanskrit Manuscripts and Prints
Grantha Tamil - Malayalam - Telugu - Kannada - Nandinagari
Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag 2001. - xxii, 224 pp., 6 tables
ISBN 3-447-04504-3 EUR 41.00
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The book can be ordered directly from the publishers:
e-mail to: verlag at harrassowitz.de
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It contains c. 5,200 basic characters, ligatures
(i.e., vocalizations), conjuncts / consonant clusters,
numerals, abbreviations etc. Special care has been taken to
map out the complexity of Grantha Tamil in a system
of graphic classification.
The material surveyed comprises Sanskrit manuscripts as
well as the Southern tradition of Sanskrit printing, and
books in Dravidian languages.

Contents
Preface vii
Terms and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Grantha Tamil
Basic Characters & Ligatures . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Prepausal Consonants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Additional Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Conjunct Forms of Sonorants . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Consonant Clusters & Conjuncts . . . . . . . . . . .18
Tamil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Abbreviations & Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Numerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Graphic Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Grantha Malayalam
Basic Characters & Ligatures . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Prepausal Consonants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Additional Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Conjunct Forms of Sonorants . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Numerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Consonant Clusters & Conjuncts . . . . . . . . . . .95
Telugu
Basic Characters & Ligatures . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Additional Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Conjunct Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Numerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Abbreviations & Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Consonant Clusters & Conjuncts . . . . . . . . . . 143
Kannada
Basic Characters & Ligatures . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Additional Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Conjunct Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Numerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Abbreviations & Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Consonant Clusters & Conjuncts . . . . . . . . . . 181
Appendix: Distinctive Features of Nandinagari . . 201
Checklist of Conjunct Components . . . . . . . . . 211
The Southern Brhaspati Cycle (1207-1986 A.D.) . . 217
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Outline Tables

Best regards
Reinhold Grünendahl

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Dr. Reinhold Gruenendahl
Niedersaechsische Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek
Fachreferat sued- und suedostasiatische Philologien
(Dept. of Indology)
37070 Göttingen, Germany
Tel (+49) (0)5 51 / 39 52 83
Fax (+49) (0)5 51 / 39 23 61
gruenen at mail.sub.uni-goettingen.de

>Dear List Members:
>Greetings:
>I'm Working on the Socipolitical and Linguistic aspects of Indian Writing
>System(s). The work is intended to provide an exhaustive description and
>analysis of both structural and functional dimensions of Indian Scripts.
>Though there has been some work on the Mother/father (!) Script 'Brahmi'
>and quite a substantial work on '(dev)nagri', I'm having trouble finding
>good resources on other scripts. I would appreciate your assistance in
>providing me any reference material  and work you might be aware of,
>especially with reference to the following scripts (though not limited
>to):
>
>Gurumukhi, Rong, Sharda, Kaithi/Mithilakshar/Tirhutia, Lhanda, Lepcha,
>Manipuri/meithei, Rong, MuDiya, Ol-Chiki, Waarang-Kshiti,Siddhimatrika,
>Nandinagari, Konkani, Vatalattu, Telugu-KannaDa, Grantha and Tamil,
>Bengali-Assamese, Oriya
>
>Thanks in advance anticipating your help.
>
>--------
>Vijay Thakur
>
>4088 FLB, 707 S Mathews URBANA IL 61801 PH  217-3558793 (H), 2441308 (O)
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