Re: [INDOLOGY] names of devanāgarī penstrokes

[Dick Plukker]

Dear Matthew,

More information on the names of Devanagari penstrokes in:

http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/resources/dt-jan-2009/Anatomy%20of%20Devanagari.pdf

Best,

Dick Plukker

Op 26-1-2021 om 15:14 schreef Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY:
> Dear friends,
>
> Is there a system of proper terms used for the penstrokes of devanāgarī
> or other Indic scripts?
>
> In particular, is there a standard term for the horizontal 
> overbar/overline/headline used in written and printed devanāgarī? We 
> sometimes see daṇḍa  not only for the punctuation mark, but for the 
> right-hand vertical bar in kha, ga and other letters. And some 
> ligatures do have distinct names that are well known, e.g. repha.
>
> Modern Hindi work on typography does sometimes have śirorekhā
> for the headline, but I suspect that this is a recent calque from 
> English and not a traditional scribal term.
> However, I am uncertain about it and wish to verify the traditional 
> usage.
>
> any light will be appreciated,
> Matthew
>
> Matthew Kapstein
> Directeur d'études, émérite
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
>
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
> The University of Chicago
>
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