I think that is very likely. My book *Metarules of Paninian Grammar* was partly based on Raghunatha MSS and they were definitely copied from Śāradā originals. I discussed the reasons in my introduction. For example, several character-pairs are confused, that are similar in Śāradā but quite different in Devanāgarī.
Best, Dominik On Wed, 10 May 2023 at 19:54, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you to all the knowledgeable people who answered both on and > off-list. Sven Ekelin, Deepro Chakraborty, Dominik Wujastyk, Lubomire > Ondracka, Wlater Slaje, Jonathan Silk, Sweta Prajapati, Charles DiSimone, > Elliot Stern, Charles Li. > > I wonder if this folio 6a from ajñānadhvāntadīpikā (attached) also from > Ragunath temple in Jammu like the other manuscripts, confirms that the > devanagari manuscripts are copying Sharada originals. This is the only > avagraha in the entire manuscript(circled with a blue line). I had thought > this was an insert, but looking at a Sharada font, this appears to be the > position and size of the Sharada avagraha. So maybe the scribe just absent > mindedly wrote it in the way it was in the Sharada original. > > Harry Spier > > > On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 4:42 AM Walter Slaje <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Here are my humble suggestions: >> >> *Kaulārcanadīpikā 43b* >> >> Avagraha erroneously placed after, instead before, *yaṃ*: *loko yaṃ* ’ → >> *loko >> ’yaṃ* >> >> >> >> *57a* >> >> The two dots written on top of each other (visarga) were misread or >> accidentally misspelled (or simply give the wrong impression through >> blurred ink) as being an avagraha: >> >> *mokṣa’syād* → *mokṣaḥ syād* >> >> >> >> *Dakṣiṇāmūrtisaṃhitā 21a* >> >> As above (*57a*): >> >> *ṛṣi’syād* → *ṛṣiḥ syād* >> >> >> >> So apparently also *55b*. >> >> >> >> *Mudrāprakāśaḥ* *11a* >> >> Appears to indicate word separation >> >> >> >> *21a/30a* >> >> Word separation and/or exegetical function: separating the conditional >> clause (*yadi syād*) from the main clause. >> >> >> >> Similarly *18a*: separating the scope of *iti* from the definiendum. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> WS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Am So., 7. Mai 2023 um 22:20 Uhr schrieb Harry Spier via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]>: >> >>> It was suggested offlist that the unusual avagrahas may be used as a gap >>> filler. At his request I'm attaching a pdf of the folios with the unusual >>> avagrahas circled. >>> Thanks, >>> Harry Spier >>> >>> >>> On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 9:35 AM Harry Spier <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you Elliot, >>>> I've been going through transcriptions of a group of manuscripts from >>>> the Ragunath Temple, Jammu and in the eloquent words of Charles DiSimone >>>> who replied offlist in describing some Nepalese manuscripts, its a >>>> mishmash. >>>> >>>> Some don't have have avagraha. Some have one or two in a whole >>>> manuscript and some use avagraha. Where manuscripts use avagraha to elide >>>> a afte e or o they also use avagraha to indicate ā+a . >>>> >>>> But in some cases I'm finding avagraha in places strange places. I've >>>> checked these following cases against the actual manuscripts which are in >>>> archive.org. For example: >>>> >>>> dakṣiṇāmūrtisaṁhitā ऋषिऽस्याद्दक्षिणामूर्तिर्गायत्रीछंद उच्यते ।। 4 ।। >>>> folio 21aअंते जीवऽशिवस्या तु विद्या वरुण पूजिता ।। 43 ।। folio 55b >>>> >>>> kaulārcanadīpikā >>>> लोकोयंऽजुगुप्सिति folio 43bनिःसंग एव मोक्षऽस्याद्दोषाः सर्वे च संगजाः । >>>> folio 57a >>>> >>>> mudrāprakāśaḥ शिखयागालिनीं मुद्रामऽर्धस्यो परिचालयेत् । folio 11aअनामा >>>> मध्यमे अंगुष्टेन स्पृशेदित्यऽपानमुद्रा ।। 2 ।। folio 18aस्यादऽपानहुतौ >>>> मुद्रा ।। 2 ।। folio 21aमध्यापृष्टेंऽगुष्टौ मध्या क्रोडे स्थितौ कामः काम >>>> इति काममुद्रेत्यर्थः ।। 19 ।। folio 30a >>>> >>>> Any explanation for the use of avagraha in these cases would be >>>> appreciated. >>>> >>>> If anyone wants to look at the actual manuscript I can provide the >>>> images for these cases. >>>> >>>> >>>> Harry Spier >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 6, 2023 at 10:18 AM Elliot Stern <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Harry, >>>>> >>>>> The use of avagraha to mark elision of an initial short a is not usual >>>>> in Sanskrit mss. MacDonell, for example, says in his Sanskrit Grammar >>>>> for >>>>> Students (page 5): >>>>> >>>>> The elision of अ a at the beginning of a word is marked in >>>>> >>>>> European editions with the sign ऽ called Avaagraha ('separation'); >>>>> e.g. तेऽपि te 'pi for ते अपि te pi. >>>>> >>>>> Best wishes, >>>>> >>>>> Elliot >>>>> >>>>> On May 5, 2023, at 9:14 PM, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dear list members, >>>>> I'm looking at the manuscript ajñānadhvāntadīpikā by somanāthaḥ >>>>> As far as I can tell there are no avagrahas in the manuscript. >>>>> For example if you look at the end of line 5 on the attached 1st folio >>>>> >>>>> The end of verse 5 is संन्यासाःसप्रयोगाश्चवक्ष्यन्तेत्रसमासतः ५ Anirban >>>>> Dash (and several others pointed out that this should be >>>>> >>>>> संन्यासाःसप्रयोगाश्चवक्ष्यन्तेऽत्रसमासतः ५ >>>>> >>>>> As far as I can see there are no avagrahas anywhere in the manuscript. >>>>> Is this normal or unusual for Kashmiri manuscripts not to use avagraha. >>>>> >>>>> The manuscript can be downloaded from egangotri on archive.org from >>>>> https://archive.org/details/AgyanDhvantaDeepikaShriSomnath4966Alm22Shlf4DevanagariTantra_201708 >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Harry Spier >>>>> <VERSE 5.pdf> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Elliot M. 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