This is a fair point, and includes manuscripts used in worship (e.g, prajnaparamita mss written with gold letters). I should qualify my earlier statement to say that ranjana is an uncommon script, reserved for more specialized and elevated manuscripts, especially those regularly used in ritual worship (often of the manuscript itself). Sam
On Sat, Dec 7, 2024 at 6:20 PM Matthew Kapstein <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, besides palm leaf, some of the ones I’ve seen are very ornate, > written in silver or gold on black-painted paper similar to Tibetan mthing > shog. > > Matthew > > Sent from Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> for iOS > > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 00:12, Charles DiSimone < > [email protected] > <On+Sun,+Dec+8,+2024+at+00:12,+Charles+DiSimone+%3C%3Ca+href=>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Matthew writes: > > “Unless I am somehow missing his point, this seems to me not to be > correct. I have seen complete manuscripts of the PañcarakSa and of the > ASTasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā written in Rañjana, for example.” > > I have also seen manuscripts of the very same works noted above in > Rañjana. On palm leaf if I remember correctly. > > All my best, > Charles > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 8, 2024, at 12:09 AM, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Unless I am somehow missing his point, this seems to me not to be > correct. I have seen complete manuscripts of the PañcarakSa and of the > ASTasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā written in Rañjana, for example. > >
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