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Róng manuscript. Lepcha is derived from the Tibetan script, and may have some Burmese influence. According to tradition, it was devised at the beginning of the 18th century by prince Chakdor Namgyal of the Namgyal dynasty of Sikkim, or by scholar Thikúng Men Salóng in the 17th century. Early Lepcha manuscripts were written vertically.
Nebesky-Wojkowitz also made several excursions among the Lepcha of Sikkim (nos. 7, 10, 14, 15). In 1954 he spent five months in Leiden identifying the collection of Lepcha manuscripts at the National Museum of Ethnology, where he had already made a list of the titles of Tibetan xylographs and manuscripts during a seven-month stay in 1953.
Lepcha language, or Róng language (Lepcha: ᰛᰩᰵᰛᰧᰵᰶ ; Róng ríng), is a Himalayish language spoken by the Lepcha people in Sikkim, India and parts of West Bengal, Nepal, and Bhutan. Despite spirited attempts to preserve the language, Lepcha has already effectively been lost everywhere in favour of Nepali.
Makasar script is also known as "Old Makassarese" or "Makassarese bird script" in English-language scholarly works. [12] Maka U+11EE0–U+11EFF 𑻪𑻢𑻪𑻢 Malayalam: Grantha: 12th century Malayalam: Mlym U+0D00–U+0D7F മലയാളലിപി: Marchen: Tibetan: 7th century Was used in the Tibetan Bön tradition to write the extinct ...
Lepcha (Róng) manuscript. The indigenous Sikkimese show wide cultural variation. The Lepcha speak Lepcha and use Lepcha script and the script is descended from the Tibetan script. [18] Traditionally, Lepcha men wear gadas and tie a patang, a kind of weapon, on their waist and don a bamboo cap; women wear distinctive dresses and ornaments. [19]
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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] One of the oldest manuscript of Ramayana, preserved till date, was written in Nepal Script in 1041. [12]
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