[INDOLOGY] Resources for learning Newari script

[Harry Spier]

Thank you to Michael Slouber, Matthew Kapstein, Michael Witzel,  Will
Tuladhar-Douglas and Tim Lubin for their very useful information.

Regards,
Harry Spier

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Dr. Will Tuladhar-Douglas <
w.t.douglas at abdn.ac.uk> wrote:

> Harry,
>
> One of the best references for Newa lipi is in Manandhar and Leinhard's
> catalogue of the Nepalese manuscripts held at Berlin. I'm at a conference
> right now and don't have access to the volume or a scan, but the
> introductory chapter there is an invaluable resource for understanding the
> script and dating of Newar materials and it includes scans of actual
> aksaras, rather than the ideal types that modern Newar pandits tend to draw
> in their teaching manuals. If you look at this together with Hemraj's book
> it's a good start.
>
> Lienhard, Siegfried, and Thakur Lal Manandhar. 1988. *Nepalese
> Manuscripts. Part 1: Nevārī and Sanskrit (in The) Staatsbibliothek
> Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin*. Verzeichnis Der Orientalischen
> Handschriften in Deutschland XXXIII,1. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Be well,
>
> —WBTD.
>
>
>
> On 3 Apr 2015, at 03:25, Harry Spier <hspier.muktabodha at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear list members,
>
> Does anyone know of any resources for learning Newari Script
>
> Thanks,
> Harry Spier
>
>
>
>
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> Will Tuladhar Douglas
> Senior Lecturer, Environments and Religions
> University of Aberdeen
> http://tending.to/garden
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