Dear Krishnaprasad Ji,

     I checked two manuscripts of the Aṣṭādhyāyī for एत्येधत्यूठ्सु and here are the scans:
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In neither of these manuscripts, you see a cluster with स handing below ट.  It would be great if someone could check a manuscript of Ṣaṭtriṃśat Tattvasandoha for the treatment of the cluster "ṭtri".  Best wishes,

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]


On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 5:59 AM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh@umich.edu> wrote:
Will see if I find something.

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]


On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 11:53 PM Krishnaprasad G <krishnaprasadah.g@gmail.com> wrote:
 I will try to search the instance. How about एत्येधत्यूठ्सु ?? 

Thanks

On Tue 19 Feb, 2019, 10:16 AM Madhav Deshpande, <mmdesh@umich.edu> wrote:
If you remember a textual occurrence of द्विट्सु, it may be easier to check in the manuscript images that I have.  Off-hand, I do not remember seeing a स hanging under ट.

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]


On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 7:18 PM Krishnaprasad G <krishnaprasadah.g@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Sri Madhav Deshpande Acharya Ji
Thanks a lot for providing the images of ट्त्र, and personally l took like ट्त्र itself and not the hanging one.

This we can change in rules. If 2 or 3 seconds pause is given at the time of typeset we will get ट्त्र otherwise we will get the hanging one.
could you please suggest how द्विट्सु  is written in old MSS
Thanks a lot

Krishna Prasad
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 7:45 AM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh@umich.edu> wrote:
Dear Krishnaprasad Ji,

     I don't have access to a manuscript of Ṣaṭtriṃśattattvasandoha, but here is the title page of the printed book that does not use a cluster of "tra" hanging below "ṭ", but prints just "ṭ" with a virāma sign.

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On the other hand, the title page of the edition in the Kashmir Text Series, uses such a vertical cluster:

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However, it looks somewhat odd in its appearance to me.

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]


On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 10:12 AM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh@umich.edu> wrote:
Dear Krishnaprasad Ji,

     Great to see your progress.  A comment.  Some horizontal lines, like that न, look thicker than the top line and lines in some other characters.  The thickness should be uniform.  Similarly, the knot for न, म, भ etc. should look exactly the same, and it should look the same whether it appears in full or half forms of these characters.

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]


On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 9:58 AM Krishnaprasad G via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear all 
Some more characters.
Thanks 
KP

On Thu 27 Dec, 2018, 8:11 PM Madhav Deshpande, <mmdesh@umich.edu> wrote:
Dear Krishnaprasad Ji,

     Thank you so much for this download link.  It is a wealth of useful resources.  With best regards,

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]


On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 7:22 PM Krishnaprasad G <krishnaprasadah.g@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks, everyone for supporting me giving feedbacks.

You can download from here.

On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 8:43 AM Harry Spier <hspier.muktabodha@gmail.com> wrote:
Dominink Wujastyk wrote: 
 modern font technology can help.  OpenType includes some "alternates" or "contextual alternates" features that allow the user (or auto-select) to select from multiple versions of a glyph.  But I'm sure you know this.  And it's only certain advanced text-setting programs like TeX that allow one to access such features easily (e.g., through fontspec, manual part IV).
 
I use the FontCreator program from Hi-Logic which allows you to create open type "contextual features".  I've used this feature. I use the professional product which retails for $199.00 but their website says that the Home edition for $79.00 also has this feature (but the home edition cannot be used for commercial purposes).  The program only works on windows.
 

Such questions make me wish to consult Naik's classic work Typography of Devanagari (3 vols, 1971 rev. ed.), but I've never had access to a copy of this rare publication.
 
I have this book. (Unfortunately its in storage in New York). Its been 20 years since I looked at it but I recall it was absolutely fascinating.  As I recall  one volume gives examples of devanagari printing from the earliest printed editions up till fairly modern times (when it was published), another volume  describes the authors ideas for a devanagari typewriter and the third volume focuses on some esoteric ideas of the author.  I can't recall the details.

Harry Spier


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