Re: [INDOLOGY] Manuscrit retrouvé au Musée de Pouilly sur Loire

[Manu Francis]

A great many thanks to Patrick Olivelle and Matthew Kapstein for their
further insights on this manuscript!
With very best wishes.

Emmanuel FRANCIS <http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725>
Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud
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Le ven. 23 oct. 2020 à 15:57, Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei at uchicago.edu> a
écrit :

> perhaps Pali?
>
> Matthew Kapstein
> Directeur d'études, émérite
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
>
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
> The University of Chicago
> ------------------------------
> *From:* INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of
> Olivelle, J P via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 23, 2020 8:55 AM
> *To:* Manu Francis <manufrancis at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Indology <indology at list.indology.info>; Catherine BOROT ALCANTARA <
> cborot at coeurdeloire.fr>
> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Manuscrit retrouvé au Musée de Pouilly sur Loire
>
> So, yes, this is Sinhala script, probably also Sinhala language. The Image
> was inverted; I had to download and flip it. Some letters are illegible,
> unfortunately. The last lines read something like:
>
>
> (penultimate): …grāmakotau viharati (*?) vāsayakaraṇaye
> atikrāntaloka*vo”(?)tugata a*npā*pa
>
> Not normal Sinhala; quite Sanskrit (e.g. viharati)i, but some like
> vāsayakaraṇaye are clearly Sinhala.
>
> Best,
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 23, 2020, at 4:30 AM, Manu Francis via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I transfer hereby a query from my colleague Catherine Borot Alcantara
> (cc-ed), who found a palm-leaf manuscript in the collections of the Musée
> Guédon de Pouilly sur Loire.
> It is beyond my field of expertise, but I trust that it is not for many
> among you.
> My colleague is interested in any information about its script, language,
> date, content, etc.
> Here are pictures:
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cp3imrn20uiqqqt/AAB_r34QIE32-wM53SABNsCMa?dl=0
>
> The goal is to "valoriser" (as we say in French) this object.
> Any information will be much appreciated and further collaboration on the
> description and "valorisation" of the manuscript is open.
>
> Yours with very best wishes.
>
> Emmanuel FRANCIS <http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725>
> Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud
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> Regionalism & Cosmopolitism: South India <http://rcsi.hypotheses.org/>
> Associate member, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture
> <http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html>
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