Re[2]: [tied] Re: Ban all non academic discussions

At 11:52:01 AM on Saturday, April 19, 2008, kishore patnaik
wrote:

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> On the other hand, script, even if it is invented much
> before than it is accepted , is scarcely used for secular
> purpose of communication. It was used more to signify the
> tantric symbolisms - for eg,m the devanagari script is
> supposed to have evolved out of tantric traditions.

Devanagari is one of the many scripts derived from the
Brahmi script (3rd c. BCE), which itself was probably
loosely adapted from one of the Semitic scripts.

Brian