Re: Digest Number 428

Hi

> Where did you come across these terms.

If you google the kanji/hànzì used to write
bonji/fànzì, you will find a lot of pages about the
script you call Siddham.

> I have looked
> up the word bonji in my
> Japanese dictionary and it states that it is
> Sanskrit/Buddhist writing.
> There are several scripts that are used for writing
> Buddhist scriptures. You
> might be looking for Siddham which is covered in a
> wonderful book called
> Sacred Calligraphy of the East by Shambala press.
> Siddham can also be view
> at Omniglot
> http://www.omniglot.com/writing/siddham.htm

Yes, this is exactly the script I was looking
information about.

Do you think you could answer my questions now?

> > More specifically:
> > * are bonji (a) an alphabet / a syllabary used for
> > actual writing, or (b) just a set of symbols used
> for
> > religious purposes?
> > * if the answer to the above is (b), then are
> bonji
> > used for their real meaning or just for
> decoration?
> > * does Unicode cover bonji?

Cheers






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