Dear all,

In a Kashmiri Sharada manuscript, two different om symbols are used (image attached). I have seen both of them in manuscripts but have not seen them being used in the same manuscript. Is it the case that they are used in different contexts, such as, when both are used, the first one is used at the beginning of the text and the other one elsewhere?

Deepro Chakraborty

(he/him)
PhD candidate

Department of History, Classics, and Religion

University of Alberta

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