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INDUS GRAMMAR
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THE VOCABULARY OF THE INDUS LANGUAGE
The vocabulary of
the language of the extant indus texts consists of 33 consonants with 14 vowels, i.e.,462
monosyllabic words. This was later supplemented by the ligatures, consisting of 33 into 33
consonants with 14 vowels, amounting to more than 15000 monosyllabic words. This is,
however, the competence aspect of the language at the isolating stage. In performance, it
is restricted to just 419 monosyllabic words as listed by Mahadevan.
A DICTIONARY OF
THE INDUS SIGNS
The following
is the dictionary of the Indus signs in the syllabic order of the Mahesvara-sutras. The signs are numbered
according to Mahadevan's
sign-list.
In transcribing
the Sanskrit words, the capital letters are cerebrals, R being the vocalic r, and, if
vowels they are long, A like a in Market, I like ee in seen, U like u in rule. Besides, H
is Visarga and M is Anusvara. Initially, H is voiceless h.
The sign
which is marked as ? is doubtful as to its value.
| a |
56, 129, 408, A 409 |
| i |
134, 216,313 I 135,
217 |
| u |
307, 312, 177 ? |
| e |
|
| o |
303, 314 |
| ai |
|
| au |
cf. 17 |
| Ai |
|
| Au |
315 |
| ha |
67, 96, 341 |
| ya |
95, 225, 137; yu
226; yU 229;yo 233, 149 |
| va |
89, 304, 365; vi 92,
2 |
| ra |
l, 87, 402; rA 237;
ri 241; ru 3;re 256; rai 36;rau 28;
raU 29 |
| la |
84, 86, 173; l-ka
359, 348; lu 85 |
| 5na |
179, 298 |
| 5na is the Palatal Nasal. |
| ma |
72, 125, 130 |
| 3na |
Not traceable |
| 3na is the Guttural Nasal. |
| Na |
17, 162, 294; NA
296; Nu 297 |
| na |
59, 287, ni 65, 293;
nu 245, 70; nda 123 |
| jha |
415 |
| bha |
53, 116, 127 |
| gha |
114, 155, 176;
gho 156; ghI ? 385 |
| Dha |
50, 112, 161; Dho
113 |
| dha |
47, 109, 169; dhi
48; dhu 169 |
| ja |
83, 107, 299 |
| ba |
54, 105; bu
55, 197, 194 ; bI 195, 188 ?;
bra 10 |
| ga |
103, 328, 254; gi
329; gI 218; go 330; gra 8; gru 9 |
| Da |
101, 214, 321 |
| da |
97, 230, 367; dra 7,
18 |
| kha |
Not traceable. |
| pha |
115 |
| cha |
403 |
| Tha |
12, 126, 110; Thu
13; Thi 14;Tho 111 |
| tha |
189-193 ? |
| ca |
57, 106, 261, 373;
ci 267, 391 |
| Ta |
102, 171, 410; tra
19, 38; tru 20 |
| ka |
58, 100, 347, 358;
k-Sa 352;ku 350; kA 240; kra 21 |
| pa |
98, 323, 186; pra 6 |
| sha |
51, 118, 174-175 |
| Sa |
119, 342, 211; S-ka
353; S-Ta394; S-Tha 15;Su 343;
Si 344; So 345; Se 419 |
| sa |
76-81, 120, 400;
s-ka 351 |
| Ha |
99, 204, 205; HaU 16 |
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