[INDOLOGY] Meaning of dot over numerals

[Nagaraj Paturi]

https://archive.org/details/GaneshaVidya_201808/page/n29/mode/2up

https://archive.org/download/GaneshaVidya_201808/Ganesha%20Vidya.pdf

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On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 4:06 AM Harry Spier <vasishtha.spier at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>>
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>>> Dean, IndicA
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>>> BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra
>>> BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.
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>>> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies,
>>> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
>>> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

-- 
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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