page_title: Aksharapalli
section_title: Examples of syllables used to represent numerals
hierarchical_section_title: Aksharapalli / Examples of syllables used to represent numerals
caption_attribution_description: English: Aksharapalli numerals in Malayalam as given in "Grammar of the Malayalam Language" by Hermann Gundert published in 1868.
context_page_description: Aksharapalli is a certain type of alphasyllabic numeration scheme extensively used in the pagination of manuscripts produced in India in pre-modern times. The name Aksharapalli can be translated as the letter system. In this system the letters or the syllables of the script in which the manuscript is written are used to denote the numbers. In contrast to the Aksharapalli system, the ordinary decimal system is called the Ankapalli system.
context_section_description: The following tables give examples of syllables used to represent numerals. The lists are not exhaustive.
caption: Aksharapalli numerals in Malayalam as given in "Grammar of the Malayalam Language" by Hermann Gundert published in 1868 and reproduced in The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland in 1896.[3]
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