Manuscript

20096

From: Sri Lanka

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 20096
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sinhalese
Provenience Sri Lanka
Creator Unknown
Date Made 1500-1893
Section Asian
Materials Palm Leaf
Iconography Syllabary
Inscription Language Sinhalese Language | Sinhalese Script | Roman Script
Description

Comments: F1. recto begins, "svasti siddham," and then gives the complete alphabet in forms with short a. It ends, "siddhir astu." From f.1 verso on, each line gives a letter in all its combining forms. This ends with those for "ha" and "la" on f.5 verso.

Credit Line Gift of Sara Yorke Stevenson, 1897
Other Number M18 - Levitt Number | LO-1868-6 - Found in Collection Number

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