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Since the 19th century, Pali has also been written in the Roman script. An alternate scheme devised by Frans Velthuis, called the Velthuis scheme (see § Text in ASCII) allows for typing without diacritics using plain ASCII methods, but is arguably less readable than the standard IAST system, which uses diacritical marks.
Pali Text Society edition (in Roman script), published 1877–1927 (a few volumes subsequently replaced by new editions), in 57 volumes (including indexes). [63]
Burmese-Pali manuscript copy of the Buddhist text Mahaniddesa, showing three different types of Burmese script, (top) medium square, (centre) round and (bottom) outline round in red lacquer from the inside of one of the gilded covers. Pali literature is concerned mainly with Theravada Buddhism, of which Pali (IAST: pāl̤i) is the traditional ...
Theravada Buddhism uses Pali as its main liturgical language and prefers that scripture be studied in the original Pali. [ citation needed ] Pali is derived from Sanskrit . [ 6 ] In Thailand , Pali is transliterated into the Thai alphabet , [ citation needed ] resulting in a Thai pronunciation of the Pali language.
The Sinhala script (Sinhala: සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව, romanized: Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāwa), also known as Sinhalese script, is a writing system used by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and elsewhere to write the Sinhala language as well as the liturgical languages Pali and Sanskrit. [3]
The 'Nepal Script' or 'Nepalese script' [10] appeared in the 10th century. The earliest instance is a manuscript entitled Lankavatara Sutra dated Nepal Era 28 (908 AD). Another early specimen is a palm-leaf manuscript of a Buddhist text the Prajnaparamita , dated Nepal Era 40 (920 AD). [ 11 ]
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Lipi means 'script, writing, alphabet' both in Sanskrit and Pali. [12] A lipika or lipikara means 'scribe' or 'one who writes', [13] while lipijnana and lekhā means the 'science or art of writing'.