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I've deleted the reference to verse summaries in the Pali Canon, as these are generally acknowledged to be later additions.
Is it correct to talk of dharanis in early Buddhism? A later date is given inPrebish & Keown, Introducing Buddhism, page 89. Peter jackson ( talk) 11:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
@ JimRenge: Thanks for this, but it indeed is Sanskrit written in transliterated Chinese script, just like this Sanskrit (see GRETIL after UTF-8 notes on that page) is in IAST-English! We do need to clarify this because it does look like Chinese, not an Indic script, as you note. I will do so. I am also trying to locate and upload some audio files of dharani and mantra chants for the interested reader if she/he wants to listen to a dharani chant, if they are curious about how it sounds. We need a proper creative commons release for any audio upload, of course. I hope to hear back by Monday about relevant scholarly resources to look into. Ms Sarah Welch ( talk) 23:12, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
There is inconsistency in the article as to what the plural of "Dharani" is. Sometimes "Dharani" is used and sometimes "Dharanis". Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 07:31, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
Quote: "Sanskrit root √dhṛ" ... but what is the square root sign doing? Is this part of the transcription (despite being outside the italics) or does it mean "root" (despite following the word "root")? Is this a convention from Sanskritology? It was added by the editor @ Ogress: who added the current version with the subdotted r, so I assume not a joke; but unless this is in line with WP conventions I think it should be removed. (I am a beginner at this particular branch of mumbo-jumbo.) Imaginatorium ( talk) 05:59, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
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I've deleted the reference to verse summaries in the Pali Canon, as these are generally acknowledged to be later additions.
Is it correct to talk of dharanis in early Buddhism? A later date is given inPrebish & Keown, Introducing Buddhism, page 89. Peter jackson ( talk) 11:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
@ JimRenge: Thanks for this, but it indeed is Sanskrit written in transliterated Chinese script, just like this Sanskrit (see GRETIL after UTF-8 notes on that page) is in IAST-English! We do need to clarify this because it does look like Chinese, not an Indic script, as you note. I will do so. I am also trying to locate and upload some audio files of dharani and mantra chants for the interested reader if she/he wants to listen to a dharani chant, if they are curious about how it sounds. We need a proper creative commons release for any audio upload, of course. I hope to hear back by Monday about relevant scholarly resources to look into. Ms Sarah Welch ( talk) 23:12, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
There is inconsistency in the article as to what the plural of "Dharani" is. Sometimes "Dharani" is used and sometimes "Dharanis". Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 07:31, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
Quote: "Sanskrit root √dhṛ" ... but what is the square root sign doing? Is this part of the transcription (despite being outside the italics) or does it mean "root" (despite following the word "root")? Is this a convention from Sanskritology? It was added by the editor @ Ogress: who added the current version with the subdotted r, so I assume not a joke; but unless this is in line with WP conventions I think it should be removed. (I am a beginner at this particular branch of mumbo-jumbo.) Imaginatorium ( talk) 05:59, 26 October 2022 (UTC)