23 May 2011

Brāhmī Script - causation formula in Pāli

ye dhammā hetuppabhāva
tesaṃ hetuṃ tathāgato āha
tesaṃ ca yo nirodho
evaṃ vādī mahāsamaṇo

Of those experiences that arise from a cause,
The Tathāgata has said, 'this is their cause',
And this is their cessation.
Thus the Great Striver teaches.

3 comments:

  1. வினோத் ராஜன்May 25, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    Hi Jayarava,

    There are some mistakes in the Brahmi version.

    You have written ivam instead of evam. Also, /tu/ takes a horizontal line for the vowel sign.

    Coincidentally, I just made a Brahmi Version of the forumula in my site.

    http://www.virtualvinodh.com/brahmi-lipitva/208-ye-dhamma-brahmi

    You might wanna take a look at it.

    Seems we had the same thought simultaneously :)

    V

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  2. JayaravaMay 27, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    Hey Vinod

    Thanks for your comments - interesting synchronicity! I've corrected the image now. I haven't followed your font exactly, but I gather there is a huge amount of variation in Brāhmī so I can claim artistic licence.

    मैत्री
    जयरव

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  3. வினோத் ராஜன்May 28, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    Hi Jayarava,

    Yeah true. There are lots of variants in Brahmi . You can flip the characters, turn them upside down and do whatever u want, & still not claim artistic license at all !

    V

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