Email this article The Sanskrit Fragment of Kṣāntivādi-jātaka in ‘Proto-Śāradā’ Script from the Serindia Collection of IOM, RAS
- Authors: Shomakhmadov S.H.1
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- Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 8, No 1 (2022)
- Pages: 3-15
- Section: Original Papers
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2410-0145/article/view/108722
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.55512/wmo108722
- ID: 108722
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The article introduces the Sanskrit fragment of Kṣāntivādi-jātaka kept in the Serindian Fund of the IOM, RAS. A brief review of the script ‘proto-śāradā’ (in which the jātaka’s text is written) is given. The author points out that this fragment is a part of a certain Jātakamālā manuscript ‘edition’. The article includes transliteration, translation and comments on the text of the fragment.
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Safarali H. Shomakhmadov
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Email: safaralihshom@mail.ru
Russian Federation
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Pl. 1. The Fragment of the ‘Bower Manuscript’
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Pl. 2. The Fragment of the ‘Bakhśālī Manuscript’ kept in the Bodleian Library, Oxford Univ., UK (source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/bakhshali-jambudvipa-and-indias-role-in-science/article19792057.ece date: 25.01.2021)
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Pl. 3a. The Fragment of Kṣāntivādi-jātaka (SI 2998, Berezovsky subcollection, IOM, RAS), recto; Pl. 3b. The Fragment of Kṣāntivādi-jātaka (SI 2998, Berezovsky subcollection, IOM, RAS), verso
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Pl. 4a. The writings of –e typical for ‘proto-śāradā’ script; Pl. 4b. The writings of –e in ‘proto-śāradā’ script of SI 5521; Pl. 4c. The writings of –e in South Turkestan Brāhmī
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