Bhujimol script
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The Bhujimol script (or Bhujinmol, Devanagari: <templatestyles src="Script/styles.css" />भुजिमोलTemplate:Script/doc/id-unk or <templatestyles src="Script/styles.css" />भुजिंमोलTemplate:Script/doc/id-unk) is the most ancient form of Nepal script. It is also one of the most common varieties of the Nepal alphabet.[1]
The Bhujimol script has been used to write Nepal Bhasa and Sanskrit.
Etymology
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Characteristics
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Chart of Bhujimol script vowel letters, with Devanagari and Latin correspondences.
Recent findings
In 2003, a brick was discovered in Chabahil, in the course of reconstruction of the Chabahil Stupa or Dhando Chaitya, bearing inscriptions in both 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 35.5Script error: No such module "String".cm x 23Script error: No such module "String".cm x 7Script error: No such module "String".cm and weighs 8.6Script error: No such module "String".kg. The brick may date to as early as the 3rd century BC.[2][3]
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
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- ↑ Lienhard, Siegfried (1992). Songs of Nepal: An Anthology of Nevar Folksongs and Hymns. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas. Template:ISBN. Page 2.
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