SV: "~NH" in Sinhalese Pali Orthography

Dear Jim,

<Some versions of Kc 616 (dahassa do .la.m) have /.la.m/ in it but,
interestingly, the 1895 Sinhalese edition of the Kaccaayanasuttapaa.tha that
Ven. Nyanatusita recently sent us has /la.m/ (under 613). However, I think
it would be hard to prove which reading is historically older. Also, if /.l/
were absent at the time the grammar was first composed what letter would
have taken its place in the set of 41?>there

You will find the evidence in the Mukhamattadipani (ca. tenth c. AD.) on the
number of syllables used to reproduce the language of the canon. .l is there
considered an allophone of Sanskrit /.d/. The existence of this letter is
what generated the debate among the Pali grammarians about the phonological
status of /.l/ and the number of letters of the Pali. You will find that
then Saddaniti reproduces tyhe relevant suttas as if the reading were /.l/

Ole Pind

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