[INDOLOGY] Question about Nepalese manuscripts

[Charles DiSimone]

Dear Harry,

There are a good number of Nepalese scripts that have been used throughout
the centuries, so Nepālākṣarā can mean any one of them like
Rañjana, Bhujimol, etc. The most commonly used one in the past few
centuries is Pracalit, which is indeed sometimes called Newari Script, but
I suppose all the others might also be called as such by some. Yes, like
all Brāhmī derived scripts, Nepalese scripts are generally written without
the breaks between words that one finds in Roman script, for example.

All my best,
Charles

Prof. Dr. Charles DiSimone
Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies
Department of Languages and Cultures
Ghent University


On Sat, Dec 7, 2024 at 10:35 PM Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear list members,
> 1) Are most/all existing pre-modern Nepalese Sanskrit manuscripts written
> in Newari script..
> 2) I've seen some catalogue entries for Nepalese manuscripts say the
> script is Nepālākṣarā. . Is Nepālākṣarā just another name for Newari.script?
> 3)  Are most Newari Sanskrit manuscripts written without  any word breaks
> like many devanagari manuscripts.
> Thanks,
> Harry Spier
>
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