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Jamna Literature and Philosophy
3 after final c or 31, (ii) to indicate a hyphen and (iii) to denote a mark of hiatus.'
The object in giving the squares Nos. 36-46, 65 and 66, 47-49 and so is to show how the signs for ikära’, ikära, ekāraj and anusvåra of the Devanāgari script are written in an ornamental way in Mss.
The sign ✓ placed above the kană of u given in the 67th square occurring in tne last line of the 2nd plate suggests that this kānă is to be deleted. Generally, when a letter is not to be taken into account, a dot is placed above it.
It is said that at times a circles is drawn circumscribing a letter to indicate that it is not wanted. I do not remember to have noticed it up till now but I have come across Mss. where the redundent portion is placed in brackets.
I Cf. William Dwight Whitney's A Sanskrit Grammar (p. 7).
2 Some of the ornamentations pertaining to this are found on p. 16 of the prastāvanā of Sanmati prakarana (Srī Puñjābhai Jaina Granthamālā, No. 6), 3 See also No. 318. ( FREN977). 1871-72
578 4. See v. 142 given on fol. 4cob of Gommațasāra No. 1
. 1875-76 S This circle is called " kundalanā". See “ A Sanskrit English Dictionary " (p. 235 ) by Monier Williams. Prin. K. K. Handiqui has made a similar remark in his foot-note on kundalană ( p. 548 ) occurring in Naişadhacarita (I, 14). Vidyadhara in his commentary to this verse (fol. sb of No. -
454 I makes the
1895-1902 following observation regarding kundalanā:
“अन्यदपि यदाधकं शब्दादि भवति तस्य निरर्थकत्वाद रेखया कुण्डलना क्रियते । ... Àreizení 911P FOSHI....” Nāräyaņa in his commentary ( p. 13 ) of the Nirnayasagar edition says :
" et franare FUSTA 19:57" 6 See leaf 1478 of 250196 No. 92 (B. O. R. I.), and leaf 2100 of Figa. Ms, belonging to Yadugiriyatirāja matha.
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