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A Kut. ila Lettre Batarde ?

Concurrent usage of Kut.ila and Licchavi-derived Nagar hands:Yogapt.ha

Use of Pala hands in Nepal:Tattvaratnaval


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S.xi ex

1 pr an.am. tasyasan vet// pr an.am. raktasamar ud.ham. raktam. krodhasanasthitam. mahakalasanakrodham. mahakala[m. ] sinasi . . . transcr2 r ud.ham. snayu vag samurdhagam/ dhruvante sarvamar ud.han nadavinduvibhus.itam // etat sarvangadehes.u nyasam. kurvta yatnatah. // na bhayam. vidma 3 sya trailokye sacar acare ya sa devi par a guhya malin matrikodbhava/ bhasayant svatejena malitam. sacar acaram. // tasyoddharam param. gu4 hyam. sr .n.us.vekagramanasa/ mes.o nama maharudro mulavidyadisam. sthitah. // tadvarn.n.am. sirasi nyastam. nadindevisam. yutam. / bha s.imadhyagata5 m varn.n.am. lohitasyopari sthitam. // grasanti samakhyata sam. sthita vaktraman.d.ale/ bharabhutya ti this caiva nasikagre vyavasthita // daks.agan.d.asthale6 vamam ete varn.n. a napumsakah. // nivr .tyaye pratis.t.haye vidyayesantim eva ca/ es.a devisiromala malinsirasi sthitah./

Codex: nak 1 259, Paramesvarmata, 280 45 mm, palmleaf. Thems is contin-ued innak pra-1606 Aghoranirn. ayah. , e.g. the40th pat.alaof the Paramesvarmata.Dated to sam. vat19x: the nal cipher is illegible, the range is thus1070 1079ce. Finalcolophon:// iti sr Paramesvar mate navakot.isam. hitayam. catur astisahasre aghoranirn.n.a- yas catvarim. satimah.// // pat.alah. samaptah. // // iti man.d.ala

1mahasr // // samvat

atha yada ekada syam. li khitam idam. mahapustakam iti//. Scribal dialect:Anusvaras are preferred to homorganic nasals.Pr .s.t.hamatr a eand o. Aspect: Upright,evenly spaced. The top serifs are attened hooks.Codicology: A single hole forbinding just left of the centre. Six lines per folio.

1 Wrong for mangala.


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S.xiii in

1 n.aih. hr .dyaih. gobhr . asvahemajadibhih./ pradaks.in. asatam. kuryat sas.t.am. gam. ca namaskaram. / kr .tamarambhasastrasya vyakhyalekhanakes.u ca// ye samaptam. vatranscription

kr .tva siddhiprado bhavet/ a2 thavanakr .tedevivilopat[[a]]maran.ambhavet// pat.hyatenirayedghore yavadakhyamamas.t.akam. /idam. rahasyakaulagamo gopanyam. prayatnatah. // gopana t siddhsarvam. satyam. satyam. na sam. sa yah. 3 idanm. paramam. guhyam. caturvim. sasahasrakam. // kulatam. tre catuh. proktam. as.t.avim. sam. sahasrakam. // // itisr mahamanthanabhairavayajnesatakot.ipravistrn.e 4 nvaye navakot. yavataresr caturvim. satisahasre tam. tr abhidhane namaskar asrvadavarn.n.ano nama trinavatimah. pat.alah. // samaptam. sr sr matbhat.t.arakam. sam. purn.n.///5 samvat339maghasuklapratipad[[a]]// r ajadhir ajaparame-svaraparamabhat.t.arakasr madarimalladevasya vijayar ajye/ likhitam idam. pustakam// // svabham as/

Codex:nak1 1151;Manthanabhairava;ff.222,palmleaf,sam. vat339= 1219ce.Scribaldialect: Anusvaras are preferred to homorganic nasals.Pr .s.t.hamatr a eand o. Aspect:Upright and compressed.Slight slant to the right.Thehooked top serifs of the Kut.ila

scripts are attened to approximate Pala/Sena style scripts.Codicology: A hole for binding just left of the centre. Six lines per folio.


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S.xiii m

1 jet/ kum. la can.d. arccanam. khyatam. sarvvarccanaphala phadam. // // payodamanthanayog at surair amr .tam uddhr .tam. / pascimanvayasaro yam. anus.t.hanati transcr2 lakam. param. // nityahnikam. svagotr an. am olitraya-m udritam. / gurucaran.aren.una jayena paramarthinam. // sam. grahtam. par a 3

mr .tam. sr matsr kam. t.hasun.una/ likhitayajanasambhoh. saramagr .hya divye sukhavis.ayanidhanah. svargg amoks.ekahetuh./4 paratarapara bhayam arccakah. pam. tu vr ajayajaya parayah. sarvvayag adhir ajah. // // itisr matpascisasanyaNityahnikati1 lakam. samaptam. // // slokam. ka1500// samvata389 phalgunisuklatipraam. saniscaravasare likhitam iti// sr khvapvam. siva2 galat.valakadhivasinayauvukvakem. kramaacaryanayakasya nitatilakapustham. // subham astu// // //

Codex: ngmpp B26/ 22, Nityahnikatilaka, 280 45 mm, palmleaf, datedsam. vat389= 1269 ce, 122folios. Currently in the National Archives in Kathmandu.Scribal

dialect: Anusvara is preferred to homorganic nasals. This is not consequent: notesamvatfol.1221. A small diagonal slash (transcribed by) is occasionally used to indi-

cate the end of words or compound separation: note fol.1213 divyesukha. Aspect:Slight slant to the right. Appears compressed. The medial vowel (sometimes even

mediali, note fol.1212 paramarthinam. ) does often not extend above thesirorekhaline.Codicology: A single holde for binding just left of the centre. Four lines per folio.


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S.xii ex

1 . . . tyapinnityayada// 9// kulanitya tu prathama vakresvari dvityaka/ tr .tya tvaritam akula caturthikam. / pancamam. lalita s.as.t.ha catranscription2 n.d.sam. jnaka/ saptam nlapataka as.t.am kamamangala/ vyomavyapinidev ca navam siddhidayika/ navanitya kramen.aivaasane raktapam. kaje/ 3 tripur a devadevesa jnatva hramamanusmaret// // ityadyavatare mahamanthanabhairavayajne anvaye saptakot.ipraman.e merumarggavi4 nirggate laks.apadadhikeadyapt.hava-tarite vidyapt.hamargge vimalabhedo ntaras.at.kanirn.n.aye kadibhede svajnaparamesvaresva5 sinmatesr caturvinsatisahasre avvamabhas.itesr mate ekavr atripur abhidhane navanityayag adhikaravarn.n.ane kramoda6 yo namanandah. // // nandatu sadhakasiddhasam. mu ha m. nandatu siddhaguroh. kulageham. nam. datu yogigan.am. gurugotram. / nam. da7 tu kadimatam. supa// // vitram. // // hastad dhvastam. ks.itau ks.iptam. utks.iptam. caikapan. ina/ uccair yad vacitam. natha pustakam. tat ks.amasva me// //8 samastasvakriyope[[ta]]tasr madgun.akamadevasam. bhujyanepaladesar ajye/ svasti samvat306 kayasthasr mahadevena likhitam. //8 sr sr bhogesvara/ sr karmmasam. bhavaacaryasya pustakam. likhitam. // yatha dras.t.am. tatha likhatam. lekhako n. asti doks.akah. // subham astu sarvvada//

Codex:nak2 118,Manthanabhairava,ff.189,palmleaf,sam. vat306 = 1186ce.Scribaldialect: Mediali is usually a pure superscript with nodan.d.a Anusvaras are preferredto homorganic nasals. Finalm can be written asanusvara or a loop withvir amaseeline8: likhitam. . A hastilyexecuted form of this occurs withoutvir amain line6:sam. mu-

ham . . .geham . Pr .s.t.hamatr a e and o. Aspect: Slight slant to the right. The toare straight. Only very rarely has the scribe lapsed into barely discernaCodicology: A single hole for binding just left of the centre. Nine lines p


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