[INDOLOGY] Meaning of dot over numerals

[Harry Spier]

Forwarded to me by Dr.  Madhusoodana Pai
I think the dot over ४ is चतुर्वारं (four times डं, हं, णं etc.), to denote
चतुर्दल mentioned on the previous page (5b) of the mss following the terms
त्रिकोण, त्रिवलय etc. Please check the Om = [image: image.png]


Thanking you

Dr. Madhusoodana Pai
Project Co-ordinator
BVP Division, IGNCA
Harry Spier


On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 9:01 AM Harry Spier <vasishtha.spier at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What Madhav and Nagaraj  say (that the devanagari 4 with dot on top) in
> this manuscript represents oM makes sense from the contents but is it more
> complicated?
> 1) This symbol (numeral 4 with dot on top) mostly occurs as oM before a
> bIja mantra followed by namaH. And all bIja mantras followed by namaH use
> this symbol (numeral 4 with dot) as oM. See folios 5b, 6a,6b,7a,7b etc.
> 2)  ओं  is also used throughout the manuscript  See folios
> 1a,2a,2b,4a,5b, 11a
> 3)Has anyone seen this symbol (numeral 4 with dot on top) used in any
> other manuscripts?
>
> Harry Spier
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 12:57 AM Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, it is occurring in the place wherever om ॐ is  expected.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 6:11 AM Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Harry,
>>>
>>>      In all likelihood, this is a sign for the letter ॐ.
>>>
>>> Madhav
>>>
>>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>>> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
>>> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
>>> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
>>> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore,
>>> India
>>>
>>> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 5:33 PM Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <
>>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear list members,
>>>> I've attached a pdf of folio 6a of śrīvidyānityapaddhatiḥ by Sahib Kaul.
>>>> On In that folio there are multiple occurrences of what looks to me like
>>>> the numeral four with a dot over top.
>>>> Can anyone tell me what these are, some kind of repetition symbol?
>>>>
>>>> The entire manuscript can be downloaded from archive.org at:
>>>>
>>>> https://archive.org/download/ShriVidyaNityaPaddhatiOfSahibKaulAlm27Shlf260531673KDevanagariTantra/Shri%20Vidya%20Nitya%20Paddhati%20of%20Sahib%20Kaul_Alm_27_shlf_2_6053_1673_K_Devanagari%20-%20Tantra.pdf
>>>> Harry Spier
>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Nagaraj Paturi
>>
>> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>> Dean, IndicA
>> BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
>> BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra
>> BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.
>> Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru
>> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies,
>> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
>> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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