Forwarded to me by Dr. Madhusoodana Pai I think the dot over ४ is चतुर्वारं (four times डं, हं, णं etc.), to denote चतुर्दल mentioned on the previous page (5b) of the mss following the terms त्रिकोण, त्रिवलय etc. Please check the Om = [image: image.png]
Thanking you Dr. Madhusoodana Pai Project Co-ordinator BVP Division, IGNCA Harry Spier On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 9:01 AM Harry Spier <[email protected]> wrote: > What Madhav and Nagaraj say (that the devanagari 4 with dot on top) in > this manuscript represents oM makes sense from the contents but is it more > complicated? > 1) This symbol (numeral 4 with dot on top) mostly occurs as oM before a > bIja mantra followed by namaH. And all bIja mantras followed by namaH use > this symbol (numeral 4 with dot) as oM. See folios 5b, 6a,6b,7a,7b etc. > 2) ओं is also used throughout the manuscript See folios > 1a,2a,2b,4a,5b, 11a > 3)Has anyone seen this symbol (numeral 4 with dot on top) used in any > other manuscripts? > > Harry Spier > > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 12:57 AM Nagaraj Paturi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Yes, it is occurring in the place wherever om ॐ is expected. >> >> On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 6:11 AM Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Harry, >>> >>> In all likelihood, this is a sign for the letter ॐ. >>> >>> Madhav >>> >>> Madhav M. Deshpande >>> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics >>> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA >>> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies >>> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, >>> India >>> >>> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 5:33 PM Harry Spier via INDOLOGY < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear list members, >>>> I've attached a pdf of folio 6a of śrīvidyānityapaddhatiḥ by Sahib Kaul. >>>> On In that folio there are multiple occurrences of what looks to me like >>>> the numeral four with a dot over top. >>>> Can anyone tell me what these are, some kind of repetition symbol? >>>> >>>> The entire manuscript can be downloaded from archive.org at: >>>> >>>> https://archive.org/download/ShriVidyaNityaPaddhatiOfSahibKaulAlm27Shlf260531673KDevanagariTantra/Shri%20Vidya%20Nitya%20Paddhati%20of%20Sahib%20Kaul_Alm_27_shlf_2_6053_1673_K_Devanagari%20-%20Tantra.pdf >>>> Harry Spier >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>> >> >> >> -- >> Nagaraj Paturi >> >> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA. >> Dean, IndicA >> BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra >> BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra >> BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru. >> Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru >> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies, >> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of Liberal Education, >> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA. >> >> >> >> >
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