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What do you interpret this to mean in English: nīla aggi

Plain and/or simple?!

Inoshi

blue fire ?

In what context was it used?

My own - although fire translated as flame . . . close enough.

Do you have other context on this?

I find the idea of bue in Pali interesting in that it seems to come from darkness. Is there another conception of blue (not a value judgement, just observation).



Inoshi

This is true from what I have seen too. For example, nīla is used to describe the "dark" complexion of Moggallana and Uppalavanna.

Uppalavanna is described as having the "hue of a blue lotus" and having dark complexion.

interesting thanks!

I use the Chrome plugin from this site for Pali: http://pali.sirimangalo.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It is made by Bhante Yuttadhammo

I'll look into this tks.

Now, curious, how to render in Pali script(s)?

Pointers appreciated.

The earliest Pali inscriptions were made in Brahmi script.

Brahmi converter:

https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscript/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.nibbanam.com/Brahmi/brahmi.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscr ... miLipi.zip" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Fonts:

https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscr ... Brahmi.ttf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.obib.de/Schriften/Fonts/brahmi.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.nibbanam.com/Brahmi/AshokanBrahmi.ttf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Dmytro wrote:The earliest Pali inscriptions were made in Brahmi script.

Brahmi converter:

https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscript/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.nibbanam.com/Brahmi/brahmi.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscr ... miLipi.zip" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Fonts:

https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscr ... Brahmi.ttf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.obib.de/Schriften/Fonts/brahmi.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.nibbanam.com/Brahmi/AshokanBrahmi.ttf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks. What became, or is the most widely used?

I can't run an .exe, will poke around links a bit more.

Dmytro wrote:The earliest Pali inscriptions were made in Brahmi script.

Can get fonts but not converter. Links don't work properly, or dead on linked pages.

How to manually convert, and tables anywhere?

All the links work. To get the converter, you have to click again on the page that opens.

Tables:
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/brahmi.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.ancientscripts.com/brahmi.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Inoshi wrote:What became, or is the most widely used?

Various scripts are used in various countries.
See:
http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/BDLM/en/ ... _pali1.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Dmytro wrote:All the links work. To get the converter, you have to click again on the page that opens.

Tables:
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/brahmi.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.ancientscripts.com/brahmi.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ah yes, I'm mistaken, regarding previous posts, not directly quoted, some sublinks only. When I click on the converter url (https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscript/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) it downloads an html file on my computer, that when I open contains two urls that have been scripted to find another file on my computer, which doesn't exist (maybe the Lipi?).

http://www.nibbanam.com/Brahmi/brahmi.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; opens, informative with dead sublinks.

This https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... miLipi.zip provides a download link to Lipi which once unpacked has a folder of files that are not apparently executable on a Mac. It looks like if it may be an .exe I may not be able to run it, as also the .net framework is not supported on Mac.

Thanks for looking into this. I think I just need to manually compare for now, unless somebody is sure about running the Lipi on a Mac.

Inoshi

Dmytro wrote:

Inoshi wrote:What became, or is the most widely used?

Various scripts are used in various countries.
See:
http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/BDLM/en/ ... _pali1.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Good stuff! Thanks for all the links Dmytro. Not as simple as I would've thought.