[INDOLOGY] Spaces between words in Sanskrit manuscripts?

[McComas Taylor]

Dear colleagues


A student has asked me a questions I cannot answer:  'When did scribes begin to insert spaces between words in Sanskrit manuscripts?'


Can any of you learned folk help us out?


Thanks in advance


McComas


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McComas Taylor, SFHEA
Associate Professor, Reader in Sanskrit
College of Asia and the Pacific
The Australian National University, Tel. + 61 2 6125 3179
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/mccomasanu/

Address: Baldessin Building 4.24, ANU, ACT 0200


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