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Wilkins I f

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032-003720639
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Wilkins I f
Title:
The Devanāgarī alphabet
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
foll.5
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Sanskrit
Scripts:
Devanagari
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700 -1799
Era:
CE
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Wilkins I f

The Devanāgarī alphabet

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Author:
Title: The Devanāgarī alphabet

It begins fol. 1v with the list of the letters as usual, followed by their significance.

after the end of the first section on fol. 2v, each letter is written with the various vowels, up to fol. 4. Then the letters are given combined with ya; then with aya (kaya॰); then with ra and with ara; then with la and ala; with va and ava, but this is only carried to fol. 5v where the text ends.

Incipit: a viśnau ā smṛtau i kandarpe ī ramāṃ u śaṅkare ū avane lṛ devamātari f. 1v
"ha bhartsane kṣakṣetre | f. 2v "
Explicit: kketi kava khava gava ghava ṅava | f. 5v

Physical Description

Form: poṭhi
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: foll.5
Dimensions (leaf): 10 × 16.8 cm.
Dimensions (written): 5 × 11 cm.

Condition

good

good

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 6

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1700 -1799

Provenance and Acquisition

Charles Wilkins

India Office

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Surrogates

Microfilm IOL 209

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