Looking for info on Grantha script

[george cardona]

There is a very useful short work, A Primer in Grantha Characters, by K.
Venugopalam, published by James H. Nye in 1983.  The 1983 pamphlet (pp. 14
+ v) lists the address of the publisher (319 West Swift St., St. Peter,
Minnesota 56082 USA) but this may well have changed.  However, you may be
able to obtain the work from a bookseller such as Motilal Banarsidass.
George Cardona

>Dear Indologists,
>
>I'm looking for information on the Grantha script, but it is hard to come
>by where I am, so I would be very grateful for any help you can offer.  All
>I got so far--shame to say--is a photocopy of a rather poorly printed chart
>showing the basic ak.saras.  Thus any reference to sources that would be
>generally available by interlibrary loan at western libraries would be of
>interst, but especially so information on how conjunct characters are
>formed.  I would be equally grateful if somebody could provide me with
>scanned images; in that case please contact me by private email at
><bpj at netg.se>.  Please note that I subscribe to Indology in subject-index
>form only, so I would appreciate if on-list responses are cc-ed to the same
>address!
>
>Bhavatu vah sarvam mangalam!
>
>
>/BP
>
>B. Philip Jonsson <mailto: bpj at netg.se> <mailto: melroch at my-deja.com>
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