Dear Harry, There are a good number of Nepalese scripts that have been used throughout the centuries, so Nepālākṣarā can mean any one of them like Rañjana, Bhujimol, etc. The most commonly used one in the past few centuries is Pracalit, which is indeed sometimes called Newari Script, but I suppose all the others might also be called as such by some. Yes, like all Brāhmī derived scripts, Nepalese scripts are generally written without the breaks between words that one finds in Roman script, for example.
All my best, Charles Prof. Dr. Charles DiSimone Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies Department of Languages and Cultures Ghent University On Sat, Dec 7, 2024 at 10:35 PM Harry Spier via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear list members, > 1) Are most/all existing pre-modern Nepalese Sanskrit manuscripts written > in Newari script.. > 2) I've seen some catalogue entries for Nepalese manuscripts say the > script is Nepālākṣarā. . Is Nepālākṣarā just another name for Newari.script? > 3) Are most Newari Sanskrit manuscripts written without any word breaks > like many devanagari manuscripts. > Thanks, > Harry Spier > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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