A colleague of mine who works in Indo-Tibetan art
contacted me for help deciphering some writing on a mural he’s
studying. I include here the information and image he provided:
I wonder if I might trouble you to take a look at a
detail of mural depicting the learned 17th century Tibetan
scholar Taranatha (attached). He is
shown
holding the stems of two lotuses, one lotus bearing a sword, the
other a text, the attributes of Manjushri. The detail I send
you is of the text, which I fancy aims at depicting Sanskrit (it
is not Tibetan, either cursive or otherwise). Is this
pseudo-Sanskrit (on par with pseudo-Kufic), or is it possible
that it is indeed readable Sanskrit? Much obliged if you have a
moment to glance at it.
I am not able to make sense of the writing, and this
is far afield from my areas of expertise. Thanks in advance for
any help.
Best,
Mark
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