Dear colleagues,

A question on behalf of a student who is not on this list.

The Old Javanese text that he is editing contains an Āryā stanza listing several synonyms for anusvāra:

vindu lavan madana kunaṅ, 

kunaṅ-kunaṅ len tāra lavan vintaṅ, 

tilaka titik kani surahan, 

nahan ta parināmaniṅ nāda.

As for vindu “circular point” and madana “bee;” kunan-kunaṅ “firefly,” tāra “star,” and vintaṅ “star;” tilaka “sign,” titik “point mark,” kani “wound” [and] surahan “?.” Thus the synonyms of nāda “nasal.”

The term nāda here, obviously borrowed from Sanskrit, seemed surprising at first, until I read in MW, under nāda:

(in the Yoga) the nasal sound represented by a semicircle and used as an abbreviation in mystical words, BhP. [ID=105477]

I haven't been able to find any other reference to furnish to my student. Can anyone help?

Thanks!

Arlo Griffiths