lany+dza

From Rangjung Yeshe Wiki - Dharma Dictionary
Revision as of 16:10, 13 May 2017 by Cfynn (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

lany+dza (ལཉྫ)- SA lañja (लञ्ज) - "tail or foot" [1]. Name of an Indic script,("tailed script") which first appeared at the time of the Pala dynasty, used for writing Sanskrit Buddhist texts, mantra and dhāraṇī. The name used in Tibet for the Rañjanā script. (CJF)

Note: often misspelled as lany+tsha (ལཉྪ)

  1. Monier-Williams, Monier; (1889); Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 928)