[INDOLOGY] "Puspika"

[Nagaraj Paturi]

To use such an emblem seems to be an influence of western manuscripts.

On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 6:38 AM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It can possibly refer to the design /art work used in the manuscripts as a
> colophon.
>
> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 3:45 AM, Tyler Williams via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> Is anyone aware of a publication that addresses the etymology or use of
>> the term puṣpikā/puṣpakā as a closing formula of a text or manuscript? This
>> meaning is not attested in pre-modern North Indian vernaculars, and appears
>> to enter Hindi in the twentieth century via Sanskrit lexicography (i.e.
>> Syamsundardas, author of the *Hindī Śabda Sāgara, *appears to have
>> copied his entry for puspikā from Monier-Williams's dictionary). I've
>> checked a few sources on codicology that use the term, but they give no
>> information on the term itself.
>>
>> With thanks,
>>
>> Tyler Williams
>> University of Chicago
>>
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> Nagaraj Paturi
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> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
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> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
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> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
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-- 
Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )


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