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Dear Dr. Jayabarathi:

I just read the letter from Jennifer attached at the end of
your posting, suggesting that the
script may Nanthinagari. Nanthi nagari...beats me...
looks like Basavanna samachara..need kannadiga's to decipher.

A readable .gif file may be helpful.


N. Swaminathan
Los Angeles



-----Original Message-----
From: jayabarathi
To: agathiyar@egroups.com
Cc: Dr. K. Kalyanasundaram ; jennifer
Date: Monday, March 08, 1999 4:17 AM
Subject: [agathiyar] Re: Pazham-O-Pazham


>
> Dear Friends at Agathiyam,
>
> Some time ago, our Dr.Kalyan referred Ms.Jennifer
> from US to me regarding a manuscript. Ever since then, I have
> been involved in helping her with the identification. At the
> same time, insights to methodology, possibilitities, elimination
> of unlikelihoods have all been given. We managed to get
> other scholars involved in this work.
> Now, we have narrowed down to a specific spectrum.
> Further help is needed in this.
> There are several Agathiyar group members from
> Bangalore. We request you to help out like this.
> Once you are willing to help, and also follow-up,
> we will forward scanned images of the manuscript. Only
> a few sample leaves will be forwarded. (The whole thing
> is made up of 108 leaves of (?)bark/palm leaf).
> We will then forward an address in Bangalore.
> The print-outs of the images have to be taken there.
> After suitable enquiries, see if the script and contents can be
> identified by anybody there. Please give us a feed-back.
> Thanking you in anticipation,
>
> Regards
>
> Jayabarathi
>
>--------------------Forwarded :Ms Jennifer's first letter---------------
>
>--- original message ---
> Subject: old Nandinagari manuscript
> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 12:06:24 -0600
> From: jennifer
> Organization: plan b
> To: kalyanasundaram@...
>
>
>Hello :
>
>My name is Jennifer and I live in the United States. A relative of mine
>owns an old Indian manuscript. For many years he has been searching for
>some one to translate it, or even identify the script. He has had no
>success so far. He has had scholars at Yale, Harvard, the Smithsonian,
>the University of Minnesota and the University of Arizona look at
>photocopies. All have been very interested. None has been able to
>identify the script.
>
>The book is made of 108 thin wood slats, clearly scribed with five lines
>on each side. There is a hole bored through the slats, with a piece of
>twine that holds it together. There are two thicker pieces of wood that
>serve as a front and back cover. One scholar suggested that the script
>may be Nandinagari, and that the wood may be bamboo.
>
>Kind sir, I do not believe my relative is interested in selling or
>donating this manuscript. He is most anxious to have it translated as it
>means a great deal to him. I was hoping that you might be able to help
>me by recommending the name of a scholar who might have an interest in
>identifying and translating such a manuscript. If so, I would be able to
>send images of it via the internet.
>
>I appreciate your time in this matter, and I look forward to your
>response. Thank you.
>
>Jennifer
>
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