Bhujimol script

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Bhujimol
Script type
DirectionLeft-to-right 
Brāhmī
Sister systems
Ranjana
Pracalit
[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.
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Brahmic scripts
The Brahmi script and its descendants
Northern Brahmic
Southern Brahmic

The Bhujimol script (or Bhujinmol,

Nepal script. It is also one of the most common varieties of the Nepal alphabet.[2]

The Bhujimol script has been used to write

Nepal Bhasa and Sanskrit
.

Etymology

Bhujimol compared to other historical scripts of Nepal.

The term Bhujinmol means "fly-headed", from the Nepal Bhasa words "bhujin", meaning "housefly", and "mol", meaning "head". The "head" is the horizontal line that is put above each letter, and Bhujimol refers to its rounded shape.[citation needed]

Characteristics

  • Bhujimol script, palm-leaf MS of the Devimahatmya, Bihar or Nepal, 11th century.
    Bhujimol script, palm-leaf MS of the
    Devimahatmya, Bihar or Nepal
    , 11th century.
  • Chart of Bhujimol script vowel letters, with Devanagari and Latin correspondences.
    Chart of Bhujimol script vowel letters, with Devanagari and Latin correspondences.

Recent findings

In 2003, a brick was discovered in

Brahmi and Bhujimol: The upper face is inscribed with Cha Ru Wa Ti in Brahmi, and with Cha Ru Wa Ti Dhande / He Tu Pra Bha in Bhujimol script. There are Swastika marks at the two ends of the upper face with a Chakra mark in between. The brick measures 35.5cm x 23cm x 7cm and weighs 8.6kg. The brick may date to as early as the 3rd century BC.[3][4]

The previously earliest known inscription in the Kathmandu Valley dates from the 6th century and is installed at

Changu Narayan. The inscription is interpreted to refer to Charumati, a daughter of emperor Ashoka
.

References

  1. ^ Masica, Colin (1993). The Indo-Aryan languages. p. 143.
  2. ISBN 81-208-0963-7
    . Page 2.
  3. ^ "Renovation work may prove Indian emperor built Nepal monastery | ThingsAsian". thingsasian.com. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  4. ^ "Charumati: The Princess and the Stupa". ECS NEPAL. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
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