[INDOLOGY] Ditto sign in śāradā script

[victor davella]

Thanks! That's very helpful and obvious. I wasn't thinking of a numeral at
that point!

All the Best,
Victor

On Sun, Feb 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM Walter Slaje <walter.slaje at gmail.com> wrote:

> > I checked Slaje's book on the śāradā script but didn't see anything (of
> course I could have missed it!).
>
> You will find the numeral "2", which is the sign you are looking for, on
> p. 46 (sub. "1.8. Zahlzeichen"). It is not a special character, but simply
> means 'two times' or 'repetition' (of the preceding akṣaras).
>
> Best, WS
>
> Am So., 15. Feb. 2026 um 12:44 Uhr schrieb victor davella via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info>:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Have others come across a "ditto" sign in śāradā script like the one
>> below (both from f. 409v of this ms:
>> https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/ce67e97d-d171-43d2-ba96-fcfb9802d6f8/surfaces/2c52f260-a856-49ca-94d5-ec00372c0edd/
>> ):
>>
>> [image: image.png] line 13 edu DITTO devī
>>
>> [image: image.png] line 14 jayadu DITTO
>>
>>
>>
>> I checked Slaje's book on the śāradā script but didn't see anything (of
>> course I could have missed it!).
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> All the Best,
>> Victor
>>
>>
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