[INDOLOGY] Avagraha (or lack of) in Kashmiri manuscripts
Jonathan Silk
kauzeya at gmail.com
Tue May 9 08:34:39 UTC 2023
Please see also Prof von Hinüber's review in the IIJ:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24665894.
Perhaps this is also a nice chance to remind everyone of the existence of
this journal and invite your contributions ;)
Jonathan
On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 10:01 AM Walter Slaje via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> See
>
>
> https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Korrektur_Differenzierung_und_Abk%C3%BCrzung_in_indischen_Inschriften_und_Handschriften/title_3753.ahtml
>
> The table of contents downloadable from the Harrassowitz site provides
> good orientation on the degree of coverage of Indian scripts and auxiliary
> characters used in inscriptions and manuscripts.
>
> Regards,
> WS
>
> Am Di., 9. Mai 2023 um 09:43 Uhr schrieb Lubomír Ondračka via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info>:
>
>> I think the best and most comprehensive book not yet mentioned, which
>> covers more than its title suggests, is:
>>
>> Katrin Einicke, Korrektur, Differenzierung und Abkürzung in indischen
>> Inschriften und Handschriften, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2009.
>>
>> If I remember correctly, the author also discusses the use of
>> sandhivigraha.
>>
>> Best,
>> Lubomir
>>
>>
>> On 09.05.2023 1:35, Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY wrote:
>> > I agree with Deepro about the absence of any good, comprehensive book.
>> > But to add to the readings, I would mention some lesser-known sources:
>> >
>> > *
>> > Grierson, George Abraham. 1916. “On the Sarada Alphabet.” The
>> > Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland,
>> > 677–708. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25189479
>> > <http://www.jstor.org/stable/25189479>.
>> > *
>> > Murthy, R. S. Shivaganesha. 1996. Introduction to Manuscriptology.
>> > Delhi: Sharada Publishing House.
>> > *
>> > Nair, K. Maheswaran. 1998. Manuscriptology. Trivandrum: Swantham
>> Books.
>> > *
>> > Mukhopadhyaya, Bijayanath. 1985. Administration of Manuscript
>> > Libraries with Special Reference to Sanskrit. Calcutta Sanskrit
>> > College Research Series. Calcutta: Sanskrit College.
>> > *
>> > Tripāṭhī, Chandrabhāl. 1975. Catalogue of the Jaina Manuscripts at
>> > Strasbourg. Indologia Berolinensis ; Bd. 4. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
>> > (Introduction)
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Dominik
>> >
>> > On Mon, 8 May 2023 at 17:11, Deepro Chakraborty via INDOLOGY
>> > <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > You are most welcome.
>> >
>> > I cannot think of any single book that covers all such issues. You
>> > can check some of the volumes of Studies in Manuscript Cultures
>> > <https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/publications/smc.html>. Some
>> > volumes are particularly dedicated to Indic manuscripts, such as
>> > Volume 10: Bidur Bhattarai's Dividing Texts: Conventions of Visual
>> > Text-Organisation in Nepalese and North Indian Manuscripts
>> > <https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/publications/smc/smc10.html>. For
>> > the Kashmiri manuscripts, I would recommend Michael Witzel's 1994
>> > article "Kashmiri Manuscripts and Pronunciation
>> > <
>> https://archive.org/details/kashmiri-manuscripts-and-pronunciation-witzel
>> >".
>> >
>> > Deepro
>> >
>> > On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 4:47 PM Harry Spier
>> > <vasishtha.spier at gmail.com <mailto:vasishtha.spier at gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Thank you Deepro,
>> > What you say makes sense, that it is a copy of a Sharada
>> > manuscript carrying over the characteristics of the original.
>> > On a broader point, I've seen courses on manuscriptology
>> > advertised many places over the years, so I'm wondering if there
>> > are any books that have been written on manuscriptology that
>> > cover all these practical issues that come up when you look at
>> > actual manuscripts.
>> > Harry Spier
>> > Harry Spier
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 6:21 PM Deepro Chakraborty
>> > <deepro at ualberta.ca <mailto:deepro at ualberta.ca>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Dear Harry,
>> >
>> > The /avagraha/ in the Devanāgari manuscript seems to follow
>> > the trait of Sharada manuscripts in which the /avagraha/
>> > functions as a sandhi mark <https://symbl.cc/en/111C9/>.
>> So,
>> > it has a broader use than just being used in cases of an
>> > /abhinihita /sandhi.
>> >
>> > Deepro Chakraborty
>> > (he/him)
>> > PhD candidate
>> > Department of History, Classics, and Religion
>> > University of Alberta
>> >
>> > /The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located
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>> > and respects the history, languages, and cultures of the
>> > First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and all First Peoples of
>> > Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our institution./
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Deepro Chakraborty
>> > (he/him)
>> > PhD candidate
>> > Department of History, Classics, and Religion
>> > University of Alberta
>> >
>> > /The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located on
>> > ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan) Treaty 6 territory, and respects
>> > the history, languages, and cultures of the First Nations, Métis,
>> > Inuit, and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to
>> > enrich our institution./
>> >
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