Science and Art of Calligraphy and Painting

Author(s): S Andhare
Publisher: Indian National Science Academy

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या यो मतिम लिक शिति पार । रमेम्यापयामिदिवाभावमा याउमिन्दविका यीयवाभावमा भविषचन्ह मानेभ भविषयमजिम्मकमलापुरी
Support:
Firstly it mentions Patra, which can be palm leaf or Bhurja-Patra (brich-bark) or paper on which writing was done. Patra is a folio or a leaf, a collection of such leves constitute a Pothi, Paper or palmleaves are the seats of Lipi i.e.script, The seat of Lipi is called as Lipyasana, which in
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पगामि rior भरभ्यभावपार prej tres for the antholometara dentre o f
English could be termed as carrior or support, may it be
A विगभन प्राय lery 533.
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spalmleaf, paper, wooden board, metal sheets or cloth भनमावि पिन नमानसन्या
Palm-leaf :
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नया
सावकालियरसमागायतसमसिम नापियामलामारावसदमा एपरमासामणामीहरसवमा वाशिमायसवमाउनका रमाणाधमतामयामानामा
Palm-leaf was used as a carrier in the absence of paper in the early period. The Palmyra palm tree which provided palm leaves for writing and painting is known as tala, in Sanskrit, has its Gujarati equivalevt as tad. Of the two types of tads, Sri tad and Khar tad: the latter grows in Gujarat and elsewhere but is unsuited for various reasons. Sri tad grows abundantly in Madras, Ceylon, Burma and Bengal.
Fig 32 Bhruja Patra and palm leaf samples
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लावलायसमयसिंह मगा।
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RAI पण
प्रवकाक्षणालामालाबारामदास लियमलायसवालमा सीपावासामध्यान यमनमायामामा
सामायियममाटामा मारवाशिमामायाला
गमचा बाणानामा HARIRIसमसभाधावक
भारतमणीनारयणानामा बाबगाहाकासामा मोवामान सानिमारापमानाला नम्याटवल्स पवनामावलम्सदवार