The claim sounds dubious. The use of space itself is a much later development in manuscripts. Gita Press, arguably the gold standard in publishing Hindu scriptures for many decades, uses श्रीभगवानुवाच (and not श्रीभगवान् उवाच) throughout in the Bhagavad Gita.On 1 October 2016 at 23:21, Harry Spier <hspier.muktabodha@gmail.com> wrote:______________________________Dear list members,Firstly happy Navaratri.Secondly I was told by a good sanskritist that the word bhagavAn is always written in devanagari -with a space after it as a sign of respect even if it would normally be joined to the following letter in devanagari. I did a quick search of the texts in the Muktabodha digital library and I found that was true about 50% of the time.i.e.भगवान् भूतभावनः .............. भगवान् पावकः ................ भगवान् दत्तात्रेयो
NOT
भगवान्भूतभावनः ............... भगवान्पावकः ..................... भगवान्दत्तात्रेयोCan any of the list members tell meif not joining bhagavAn to the following word based on some scriptural statement.Thanks,Harry Spier_________________
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