[INDOLOGY] ligature in grantha script

[Heike Oberlin]

Dear François Patte,

Looks like early Malayalam. Is the manuscript rom Kerala?
The modern writing of rya in Malayalam is  ര്യ 

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Heike Oberlin

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> Am 08.04.2021 um 12:00 schrieb François Patte <francois.patte at mi.parisdescartes.fr>:
> 
> Bonjour,
> 
> In an 18th century manuscript I found a ligature "rya" (see attached document) which is not as this ligature is supposed to be in grantha: the ligature r-y does not follow the same rule as for other letters (d-y, t-y etc.) but here r is treated as the other letters.
> 
> Is it a scribe mistake or does this ligature exists (or has existed) as a variant?
> 
> Thank you.
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