[INDOLOGY] Correction and updates of Nirnay Sagar Fonts

Tue Feb 19 20:30:39 UTC 2019

Here is a scan from the printed pothi of the Aṣṭādhyāyī by Nirnaya Sagara
Press:

[image: image.png]
Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 11:06 AM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:

> Dear Krishnaprasad Ji,
>
>      I checked two manuscripts of the Aṣṭādhyāyī for एत्येधत्यूठ्सु and
> here are the scans:
> [image: image.png]
> [image: image.png]
> In neither of these manuscripts, you see a cluster with स handing below
> ट.  It would be great if someone could check a manuscript of Ṣaṭtriṃśat
> Tattvasandoha for the treatment of the cluster "ṭtri".  Best wishes,
>
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor Emeritus
> Sanskrit and Linguistics
> University of Michigan
> [Residence: Campbell, California]
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 5:59 AM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:
>
>> Will see if I find something.
>>
>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>> Professor Emeritus
>> Sanskrit and Linguistics
>> University of Michigan
>> [Residence: Campbell, California]
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 11:53 PM Krishnaprasad G <
>> krishnaprasadah.g at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  I will try to search the instance. How about एत्येधत्यूठ्सु ??
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> On Tue 19 Feb, 2019, 10:16 AM Madhav Deshpande, <mmdesh at umich.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you remember a textual occurrence of द्विट्सु, it may be easier to
>>>> check in the manuscript images that I have.  Off-hand, I do not remember
>>>> seeing a स hanging under ट.
>>>>
>>>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>>>> Professor Emeritus
>>>> Sanskrit and Linguistics
>>>> University of Michigan
>>>> [Residence: Campbell, California]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 7:18 PM Krishnaprasad G <
>>>> krishnaprasadah.g at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Sri Madhav Deshpande Acharya Ji
>>>>> Thanks a lot for providing the images of ट्त्र, and personally l took
>>>>> like ट्त्र itself and not the hanging one.
>>>>>
>>>>> This we can change in rules. If 2 or 3 seconds pause is given at the
>>>>> time of typeset we will get ट्त्र otherwise we will get the hanging one.
>>>>> could you please suggest how द्विट्सु  is written in old MSS
>>>>> Thanks a lot
>>>>>
>>>>> Krishna Prasad
>>>>> Whatsapp Number
>>>>> 963282891
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 7:45 AM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Krishnaprasad Ji,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      I don't have access to a manuscript of Ṣaṭtriṃśattattvasandoha,
>>>>>> but here is the title page of the printed book that does not use a cluster
>>>>>> of "tra" hanging below "ṭ", but prints just "ṭ" with a virāma sign.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>>> On the other hand, the title page of the edition in the Kashmir Text
>>>>>> Series, uses such a vertical cluster:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>>> However, it looks somewhat odd in its appearance to me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>>>>>> Professor Emeritus
>>>>>> Sanskrit and Linguistics
>>>>>> University of Michigan
>>>>>> [Residence: Campbell, California]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 10:12 AM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear Krishnaprasad Ji,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      Great to see your progress.  A comment.  Some horizontal lines,
>>>>>>> like that न, look thicker than the top line and lines in some other
>>>>>>> characters.  The thickness should be uniform.  Similarly, the knot for न,
>>>>>>> म, भ etc. should look exactly the same, and it should look the same whether
>>>>>>> it appears in full or half forms of these characters.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>>>>>>> Professor Emeritus
>>>>>>> Sanskrit and Linguistics
>>>>>>> University of Michigan
>>>>>>> [Residence: Campbell, California]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 9:58 AM Krishnaprasad G via INDOLOGY <
>>>>>>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear all
>>>>>>>> Some more characters.
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> KP
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu 27 Dec, 2018, 8:11 PM Madhav Deshpande, <mmdesh at umich.edu>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dear Krishnaprasad Ji,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      Thank you so much for this download link.  It is a wealth of
>>>>>>>>> useful resources.  With best regards,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>>>>>>>>> Professor Emeritus
>>>>>>>>> Sanskrit and Linguistics
>>>>>>>>> University of Michigan
>>>>>>>>> [Residence: Campbell, California]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 7:22 PM Krishnaprasad G <
>>>>>>>>> krishnaprasadah.g at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, everyone for supporting me giving feedbacks.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You can download from here.
>>>>>>>>>> https://yadi.sk/d/rDIogm1J3WjKp4
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 8:43 AM Harry Spier <
>>>>>>>>>> hspier.muktabodha at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Dominink Wujastyk wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  modern font technology can help.  OpenType includes some
>>>>>>>>>>>> "alternates" or "contextual alternates" features that allow the user (or
>>>>>>>>>>>> auto-select) to select from multiple versions of a glyph.  But I'm sure you
>>>>>>>>>>>> know this.  And it's only certain advanced text-setting programs like TeX
>>>>>>>>>>>> that allow one to access such features easily (e.g., through
>>>>>>>>>>>> fontspec <https://ctan.org/pkg/fontspec?lang=en>, manual part
>>>>>>>>>>>> IV).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I use the FontCreator program from Hi-Logic which allows you to
>>>>>>>>>>> create open type "contextual features".  I've used this feature. I use the
>>>>>>>>>>> professional product which retails for $199.00 but their website says that
>>>>>>>>>>> the Home edition for $79.00 also has this feature (but the home edition
>>>>>>>>>>> cannot be used for commercial purposes).  The program only works on windows.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Such questions make me wish to consult Naik's classic work *Typography
>>>>>>>>>>>> of Devanagari <http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6241715>* (3 vols,
>>>>>>>>>>>> 1971 rev. ed.), but I've never had access to a copy of this rare
>>>>>>>>>>>> publication.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have this book. (Unfortunately its in storage in New
>>>>>>>>>>> York). Its been 20 years since I looked at it but I recall it was
>>>>>>>>>>> absolutely fascinating.  As I recall  one volume gives examples of
>>>>>>>>>>> devanagari printing from the earliest printed editions up till fairly
>>>>>>>>>>> modern times (when it was published), another volume  describes the authors
>>>>>>>>>>> ideas for a devanagari typewriter and the third volume focuses on some
>>>>>>>>>>> esoteric ideas of the author.  I can't recall the details.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Harry Spier
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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