Help with expression

[Kenneth Zysk]

Ok Many thanks again.

Ken Zysk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maheswaran Nair" <swantam at ASIANETINDIA.COM>
To: <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: Help with expression


> Hello,
> 1-6, refers not to June 1st but to day and month of Malayalam era ie.first
> day the sixth month namely Makaram.(Cingam, Kanni, Tulam, Vrscikam, Dhanu,
> Makaram, Kumbham, Minam, Medam, Idavam, Mithunam, Karkidakam are the 12
> Malayalam months)
> K.Maheswaran Nair
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kenneth Zysk <zysk at HUM.KU.DK>
> Date: Saturday, October 30, 2004 10:04 pm
> Subject: Re: Help with expression
>
>> Dear Prof. Maheswaran Nair,
>>
>> I think you hit the nail on the head.
>>
>> Do the other numbers: 1-6, refer to June 1st, giving the date of
>> copying as
>> 1 June 1929?
>>
>> Many thanks for your help.
>>
>> With best wishes,
>>
>> Ken Zysk
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Maheswaran Nair" <swantam at ASIANETINDIA.COM>
>> To: <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 5:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: Help with expression
>>
>>
>> > Hello,
>> > pratiruupitasamaya.h means date of copying.If the manuscript is
>> of Kerala
>> > origin the date 1-6-105 probably is in Malayalam or Kollam
>> era.105 may be
>> > for 1105 and this usage is common in Malayalam.Current
>> Malayalam year is
>> > 1180.
>> >
>> > K.Maheswaran Nair
>> > University of Kerala
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Kenneth Zysk <zysk at HUM.KU.DK>
>> > Date: Saturday, October 30, 2004 5:40 pm
>> > Subject: Help with expression
>> >
>> >> On a Nagari copy of a manuscript from South India, I came
>> across the
>> >> following:
>> >>
>> >> pratiruupitasamaya.h  1-6-105.
>> >>
>> >> It comes in the context of a description of the copy by the scribe.
>> >>
>> >> I should greatly appreciate it if someone could give the meaning
>> >> of this.
>> >>
>> >> Many thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Ken
>> >>
>> >
>>
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