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
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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