Tankari

A Copper-plate Grant of Bahadur Singh of Kullu

A study of a copperplate (dated 1559 AD) issued by Raja Bahadur Singh of Kulu on the occasion of the marriage of his three daughters Sunu, Ganga and Rango. It records a grant of land at the village of Hat near Bajaura and other localities in Kulu. The grantee was Pandit Ramapati, the Rajguru to the Raja Ganeshvarman of Chamba. The language of the plate is Sanskrit written in an early form of Tankari/Takari script, called devāśesh in Chamba.

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Indrakshi Stotram in a Tankari Manuscript from Banjar of Kullu

This is an attempt to understand the Indrākṣī stōtram (इन्द्राक्षी स्तोत्रम्) written in a Tankri (ṭāṅkrī टांकरी) Manuscript from Banjar. Tankri with Scribal Errors ॐ श्री गणशाए नमो॥देवी सारसुतियं नमो॥आथ इद्रागशीपंइद्रगशी॥भरजा देवी॥पीतवसत्रदोयं स्थंभ वंमहसेतेन वज्यधरं॥दगशणन वरंप्र॥१॥ Intended Sanskrit Verse ॐ श्री गणेशाय नमः॥देवी सरस्वत्यै नमः॥अथ इन्द्राक्षी (स्तोत्रम्)॥इन्द्राक्षीं द्विभुजां देवीं पीतवस्त्रद्वया(न्विताम्*)॥वामहस्ते Read more…

By Project Pahari, ago

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