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Appendix II
Explanatory Notes to Appendix II
As regards the symbols and characters given in the two plates above, there are good many points worth noting; however, I reserve them for the future. I shall here deal with only a few. To begin with I may say that some of the characters given here are likely to be mistaken for something else. As a matter of fact a few scholars have been already misled, and this has added to the errors of ignorant scribes. For instance, it appears that the corresponding Jaina character for was mistaken for by the late Prof. Bühler. This caused the late historian Vincent A. Smith make the following wrong statement in his article "The Jain Teachers of Akabar" published in R. G. Bhandarkar Commemoration Volume (p. 273):—
"No. CXVIII commemorates one of these pilgrimages, which was undertaken by Vimalaharsa and 200 others. The same inscription states that Hiravijaya belonged to the Sapha race."
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Here the word Sadhu is mistaken for Sapha.
The late Prof. A. Weber was misled by the corresponding Jaina ligature for . He mistook it for . See his Catalogue (Verzeichniss der Sanskrit und Prakrit-handschriften der Königlischen Bibliothek zu Berlin ), vol. II, pt. II, p. 525, l. 132, p. 576, 1.93 etc. There is another Jaina ligature viz. one for which was mistaken for this same veteran scholar and pioneer of Jaina studies in Europe. See his catalogue of Mss. in the Berlin Library (above referred to) vol. II, pt. II, p. 577, l. 254.
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By the by I may point out that one more ligature of the Jaina script is likely to be mistaken so much so that it may not be even suspected to be a ligature. One conversant with the Jaina script
1 Several of them are due to an interchange of letters, some of them being as under:
इ and ह ; and त्र; क्ष and क्ष्य ; च and ; त and न ; त and न ; त and म त and भ; त्त and न्व ; त्म and न्य; त्र and न्न; भ and ; त्र and स; भि and वि; म and स; स and स्व; स्त and सू; स्य and स्स; ष्ट andब्द ; and ह and ब्द.
2-3 Miyagrame is written for miyagganie and pograla for poggala.
4 Vaddeyya is written for vadejjä.
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| SR No. | 018038 |
| Book Title | Descriptive Catalogue of Govt Collections of Manuscripts Part 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hiralal R Kapadia |
| Publisher | Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |
| Publication Year | 1936 |
| Total Pages | 416 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Catalogue & Catalogue |
| File Size | 15 MB |