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Need help to identify this Indic script. Possibly Siddham or Śāradā.
I am trying to identify the script in this image at the bottom of the Diamond Sutra tower.
For these 58 characters, I tried to compare each of them with the table below.
But for many characters, it's quite difficult to identify (either Siddham or Śāradā), not to mention the meanings...
Do you know these characters? Or possibly the origin of the script? (Say, some mantra?)
For the top row:
My attempts:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bram | bram? | be | tba? | be | tba? | tta? | tba? | uiim? | be |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| buu? | ta | ke? | ka | be | ca | ta | ci? | ti? | pa |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chii? | ka | ha? | ? | ba? | ? | bi? | ? | ba? |
For the bottom row:
My attempts:
| 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ba? | thi? | be | ? | ka | ti? | ci? | ba | tha? | ba |
| 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | ti? | ssi? | ni? | ssi? | ssa? | ni? | ssa? | ki? | na |
| 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | pa | na | ? | pa | na | ? | na | ? |
Current reference:
u/getabyte — 3 days ago