Dear Stephen,

Thanks very much for this clarification as I was previously unaware of this difference. In Stenzler (section 9 and 31b), he says that anunaasika appears "practically only to denote nasalization of an l," which is where one usually sees it. But Whitney (section 73a) distinguishes between the two as you have done, although he says that the "two are doubtless  originally and properly equivalent".

In any case, thanks for pointing this out,

Best wishes,

Bryan

--- On Wed, 2/16/11, Stephen Hodge <s.hodge@...> wrote:

From: Stephen Hodge <s.hodge@...>
Subject: Re: [Pali] pali alphabetical order
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Received: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 5:46 PM
















 









Bryan wrote:



> Yes the two "m's" are the same. It's anusvaara (nasalization of a previous

> vowel) and the

> placement of the dot is sometimes variable.



Well, it is not quite so simple as that. If a transcription font includes

under and over dotted "m", then it is possible that a distiction is made

between anusvaara and anunaasika. These two are often conflated, but the

difference is that the anunaasika (chandra-bindu) indicates nasalization of

the syllable vowel, while anusvaara represents the class nasal, not

nasalization of the vowel. This is important in Prakrits other than Pali.

Wikipedia has articles on both these which give more details.



Best wishes,

Stephen





























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