perhaps Pali?

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études, émérite
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago

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From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces@list.indology.info> on behalf of Olivelle, J P via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 8:55 AM
To: Manu Francis <manufrancis@gmail.com>
Cc: Indology <indology@list.indology.info>; Catherine BOROT ALCANTARA <cborot@coeurdeloire.fr>
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Manuscrit retrouvé au Musée de Pouilly sur Loire

 

So, yes, this is Sinhala script, probably also Sinhala language. The Image was inverted; I had to download and flip it. Some letters are illegible, unfortunately. The last lines read something like:

(penultimate): …grāmakotau viharati (*?) vāsayakaraṇaye

atikrāntaloka*vo”(?)tugata a*npā*pa

Not normal Sinhala; quite Sanskrit (e.g. viharati)i, but some like vāsayakaraṇaye are clearly Sinhala.

Best,

Patrick

On Oct 23, 2020, at 4:30 AM, Manu Francis via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

I transfer hereby a query from my colleague Catherine Borot Alcantara (cc-ed), who found a palm-leaf manuscript in the collections of the Musée Guédon de Pouilly sur Loire.

It is beyond my field of expertise, but I trust that it is not for many among you.

My colleague is interested in any information about its script, language, date, content, etc.

Here are pictures:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cp3imrn20uiqqqt/AAB_r34QIE32-wM53SABNsCMa?dl=0

The goal is to "valoriser" (as we say in French) this object.

Any information will be much appreciated and further collaboration on the description and "valorisation" of the manuscript is open.

Yours with very best wishes.

Emmanuel FRANCIS
Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (UMR 8564, EHESS-CNRS, Paris) Project

Online CV HAL

DHARMA Project (ERC synergy grant 2018)

TST Project (FRAL 2018, ANR & DFG)

Regionalism & Cosmopolitism: South India

Associate member, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture

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