[INDOLOGY] A manuscript written in unknown scripts

[Shihong Zhao]

Dear Mr. Ruiz-Falqués,

Thank you for your immediate reply. I do not have knowledge of Old Burmese
script. At first, I thought the manuscript is written in Burmese or Thai
script.

As for the date of the manuscript, I actually have no idea. What I know
about it is that my professor found in Lhasa some large volumes of books in
which there are many photographs of South Asian manuscripts. These books
belong to a big project of an official committee in Lhasa which aims at
preserving palm-leaf manuscripts in Tibet. The appearance of this
manuscript in Tibet means that it was purchased and then brought to a
monastery in Tibet in ancient time.

Best wishes,
Zhao

Aleix Ruiz Falqués <arfalques at cantab.net> 于2019年9月5日周四 下午12:32写道：

> Dear Shihong Zhao,
>
> This is a Pali manuscript written in Old Burmese script, otherwise known
> as Square Script or Tamarind-seed Script. It contains the Kaccāyana Pali
> grammar, only the suttas, wihtout the gloss (vutti), which is quite
> remarkable. I have never seen a Kaccāyana manuscript written in the old
> script and I have never seen a Kaccāyana manuscript without the gloss. Old
> Burmese Script is normally used in kammavācā texts.
>
> Do you know the origin of the manuscript? Any date?
>
> Best wishes,
> Aleix
>
> On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 at 09:18, Shihong Zhao via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear List members,
>>
>> Recently I have received some pictures of a manuscript from my professor,
>> but I do not know the script. I would appreciate it if anyone could kindly
>> help to decipher both the script and the content.
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lqyljzmfxdtke6v/AAAKjJ8h0mZGz0q9Bzs41Tlza?dl=0
>>
>> Shihong Zhao, PhD Student
>> Department of Indological Studies
>> Graduate School of Letters
>> Kyoto University
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Shihong Zhao, PhD Student
Department of Indological Studies
Graduate School of Letters
Kyoto University


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