Re: ullipAya padyam :) -Reply

Mohan Parigi (parigim@STATE.MI.US)
Thu, 09 Nov 1995 13:57:08 -0500

Nasy writes:
>In long gone days, there was a letter in Telugu which had
>similar pronunciation to the Tamil 'zh'. This letter was found in some
>stone inscriptions ( I read this in some book, which I forgot). It was
>discontinued later, and I am not sure if it degenerated into the present
>day 'sha' or 'ya'.

This reminds me of the lubDhAvaDhAnulu's speech which ends in "sha".
Any theories on this ?

Regards
Madan Mohan