correction Re: 'Vedic .l'

[Maheswaran Nair]

Hello,
In Grantha, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu there is separate character for .l which can be considered l-reated. It may be noted that these languages retain the letter .l.
K.Maheswaran Nair
Professor of Sanskrit & Director
Centre for Vedanta Studies
University of Kerala
Trivandrum
<iswaran at rediffmail.com>

----- Original Message -----
From: Arlo Griffiths <A.Griffiths at LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL>
Date: Friday, October 31, 2003 3:16 pm
Subject: correction Re: 'Vedic .l'

> Please read:
>
> > 3) What sign do South Indian mss. use for the sound in question: a
> > palaeographically l-related sIGN (as in Marathi mss.) or a .d-
> derived sIGN
> > (as in Oriya and ;Saaradaa mss.), or something else?
>
> Arlo Griffiths
>