Thank you Jason.  Some references to these irregular spellings would be useful.

Also if any members have pdfs or references to articles on aiśa sanskrit would also be useful.

Thank you,
Harry Spier

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 6:16 AM Jason Birch <jb92@soas.ac.uk> wrote:
Dear Harry,

These forms could just be scribal mistakes or, at best, irregular spellings. I often encounter vocatives for the goddess ending in long ī (e.g., devī) in manuscripts of yoga texts that were not composed in aiśa. I can send further references if you need examples.

Best wishes,

Jason

On 27 May 2019, at 01:44, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:



On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 4:47 PM Elliot Stern <emstern1948@gmail.com> wrote:

1. (!) seems to mean [sic], that is, it marks an incorrect form.

Some of those irregular forms are  vocatives of names of the goddess with long i on the end where it should have been short i.
ghorarūpe mahārāve sarvvasatrukṣayaṃkari
bhaktebhyo varade devī(!) trāhi māṃ saranāgataṃ 1
jaṭājūṭasamāyukte lolajihvānukāriṇī(!)
drutabuddhikare devī(!) trāhi māṃ saranāgataṃ 2 

I.e. devī and  lolajihvānukāriṇī but these are mixed with a correct form vocative sarvvasatrukṣayaṃkari . 

In other texts I've seen the vocative for  the goddess mahāśakti  written as mahāśakti not as  mahāśakte. also mixed in with correct forms of vocatives. 

Does this mean that in the tantric literature, non-standard vocatives are common for goddesses whose names end in long or short i ?
 
Are these irregularities what are known as the irregularities of  aiśa sanskrit or is that term only for irregularities of the earliest tantras?

Thanks,
Harry Spier


On May 25, 2019, at 4:29 PM, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear list members,

1. What does (!) mean  in a NGMCP descriptive catalogue record  See for example this catalogue record 

2. What is the status of the descriptive catalogue.  I.e. how much is completed?  Is the project still on-going?

Thanks,
Harry Spier


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