--- Bhikkhu Pesala <pesala@...> skrev:

> BTW: Any reason why some Pali scholars prefer 'm dot
> over instead of .m dot
> under? I was under the impression that the PTS
> standardized on .mot under
> some years ago. Is that correct?

Perhaps simply because a dot under other letters - n,
d, and t - has another function. A dot *over* another
letter appears only in the case of n, and although
officially "n is pronounced as an ng sound, while "m
marks the nazalization of the previous vowel, in
practice the result is often identical.

Gunnar



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