Dear list members,

I'm looking at a manuscript from the Ragunath Temple Sanskrit Manuscript Library, Jammu, j&K. The text is ajñānadvāntadīpikā by somanātha

The link to the pdf on archive.org is:

https://archive.org/download/AgyanDhvantaDeepikaShriSomnath4966Alm22Shlf4DevanagariTantra/Agyan%20Dhvanta%20Deepika%20-%20Shri%20Somnath_4966_Alm_22_Shlf_4_Devanagari-%20Tantra.pdf

Looking at the first few lines it looks to me like the scribe is using the devanagari letter व for both व and ब. Is that common practice in devanagari manuscripts from kashmir?

Thanks,

Harry Spier