[INDOLOGY] "Puspika"

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Now when I see that word origin for colophon has got to do with the peak of
a hill, I began to think that those who coined pushpikaa had a bud,  the tip of
a stem in mind and probably they thought that this, a bud,  the tip of a
stem  indicates, like peak of a hill,  the end /conclusion.



On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 6:48 AM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>
>> 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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>
> --
> Nagaraj Paturi
>
> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>
> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
>
> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
>
> (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
>
>
>
>



-- 
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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