One of the pleasures of learning Sanskrit for an English speaker is that it is written almost exactly as it is pronounced. I say almost, ...

Rañjana yig gmo + extension and double daṇḍa I have often wondered about the symbols one sees at the beginning and end of texts and mantras....

For some time I have wanted to write a review of an article by Johannes Bronkhorst, now almost 30 years old.[1] The title is unprepossessing...

Aśoka (6th) Pillar fragment Brāhmī inscription formerly at Meerut. Mid-3rd century BCE. (?u)pagamane sememokhyamate (bhi)sitename iyaṃdhaṃma...