[INDOLOGY] Devanagari v and b in manuscripts from Kashmir

[Harry Spier]

Dominik pointed out the usefulness of regular expressions in searching for
variations in spelling etc.as in the website Saktumiva which has examples
of their use.  I'd also like to point out that the full power of regular
expressions can be used to search the Muktabodha searchable e-text library.
https://muktalib7.com/DL_CATALOG_ROOT/digital_library_secure_entry.htm

If you click "Help" it gives you instructions on how to search the library
with regular expressions. It gives a simple example of how to find all
lines in all texts that have both śiva and śaktī in the same line, but the
full power of regular expressions can be used including the examples shown
on the website Saktumiva .

Harry Spier




On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 3:25 PM Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com> wrote:

> In transcribing a manuscript it is best practice to transcribe
> diplomatically exactly what the MS says.
>
> A second, separate file may be prepared that contains various
> normalisations, like ba/va or śa/sa, rma/rmma, etc.
>
> To normalise the main transcription file takes away the opportunity to
> study these phenomena.  And in any case, the majority of these features can
> be manipulated with regular-expression rules, as in Saktumiva
> <https://saktumiva.org/wiki/orthography>.  So there's no need to
> normalise them.
>
> Best,
> Dominik
>
>
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