[INDOLOGY] Devanagari v and b in manuscripts from Kashmir

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Quite.  In the Suśruta Project
<https://saktumiva.org/wiki/wujastyk/susrutasamhita/start>'s edition we've
gone with geminated consonants (karmma, karttā) and some other odd sandhi
choices (evaṅ guṇam) because they are sanctioned by Pāṇini.  It's going to
make our edition a bit odd for readers who are used to smoothed-out
Sanskrit.  But it's grammatically correct.  And that's another editorial
assumption: we assume that our author(s) know grammar.  That can also be
tricky, if we think there are maybe some dialectical features appearing.
Luckily, the SS is a good example of classical Sanskrit.  Separating error
from dialect or language drift, the BHS problem, is extra challenging.

Best,
Dominik

On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 at 21:39, Harry Spier <vasishtha.spier at gmail.com> wrote:

> Point taken Dominik. You wrote:
>
>>  One has *two* files.  The first is the diplomatic transcription
>> (karmma, vindu, adhiṣṭāna).  The second is whatever one wants it to be, but
>> it's interpretative or normalized.
>>
>
> I think another reason, in addition to all the reasons you gave for what
> you suggest. I.e.  "first is the diplomatic transcription"  and only then
> to create a "normalized" file, is that deciding whats normal is sometimes a
> judgement call . There may be more than one norm. For example:
> Monier-Williams dictionary has pattra and chattra but Apte's dictionary
> has patra and chatra .
>
> Harry Spier
>
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