[INDOLOGY] Spaces between words in Sanskrit manuscripts?

[Eli Franco]

Dear All,
The Spitzer Manuscript, one of the oldest Skt manuscripts (of the  
Kushana period), regularly uses spaces between sentences.
It also uses special "viramic" forms of letters such as t or m in the  
end of sentences.
I think the same is true for the so-called "Dramenhandschrift", but am  
unable to check now.
The non-application of sandhi in the end of sentences is indeed very common.
Best wishes,
Eli



Zitat von victor davella via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>:

> For one specific case of markers used to indicate word boundaries, see
> Hahn's 2007 edition of the Kapphiṇābhyudaya pp. 4ff. I have also found them
> in other MSS, mostly from Nepal.
>
> All the Best,
> Victor
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 6:02 AM, McComas Taylor via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> 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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