Dear Harry, All printed editions reproduce the passage is as: *सागरों**ऽशुश्च*, e.g. the Poona edition: [image: image.png]
*A**vagr**a**ha* is historically introduced later. *Anusvāra* is already represented in the Aśokan Brāhmī script, which means it is an old concept, and represented thereafter in various scripts, whereas *svagraha* is introduced only much later to Indic scripts. Early manuscripts frequently do not contain the *avagraha* sign at all. So, in historically earlier period (when *avagraha* was no yet there) we would expect to read *सागरों* *शुश्च*, in which the *anusvāra* would obviously be written over the preceding *akṣara*. The insertion of the *avagraha* into this sequence of *akṣara*s (*सागरों**ऽशुश्च*) should therefore not change much and the *anusvāra* should remain in its (historically) original place (where it would have been, before the inventions of *avagraha*). Regards, Piotr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://balcerowicz.eu/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Harry Spier <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Bcc: Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 09:16:36 -0400 Subject: [INDOLOGY] Writing anusvara with avagraha in devanagari Dear list members, What is the correct way to write anusvara with avagraha. For example in Mahābharata 03,003,024c varuṇaḥ sāgaro 'ṁśuś ca jīmūto jīvano 'rihā Should it be written as सागरोऽंशुश्च or सागरोंऽशुश्च Thanks, Harry Spier ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Harry Spier <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Bcc: Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 09:20:25 -0400 Subject: [INDOLOGY] CORRECTION: Writing anusvara with avagraha in devanagari Dear list members, I meant to write: What is the correct way to write anusvara with avagraha in devanagari.. For example in Mahābharata 03,003,024c varuṇaḥ sāgaro 'ṁśuś ca jīmūto jīvano 'rihā Should it be written as सागरोऽंशुश्च or सागरोंऽशुश् Thanks, Harry Spier
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