nīla aggi

[Inoshi]

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

Plain and/or simple?!

Inoshi

[David N. Snyder]

blue fire ?

In what context was it used?

[Inoshi]

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

[David N. Snyder]

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.

[Inoshi]

interesting thanks!

[Ytrog]

I use the Chrome plugin from this site for Pali: http://pali.sirimangalo.org/

It is made by Bhante Yuttadhammo

[Inoshi]

I'll look into this tks.

[Inoshi]

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

Pointers appreciated.

[Dmytro]

The earliest Pali inscriptions were made in Brahmi script.

Brahmi converter:

https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscript/
http://www.nibbanam.com/Brahmi/brahmi.htm
https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscr ... miLipi.zip

Fonts:

https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscr ... Brahmi.ttf
http://www.obib.de/Schriften/Fonts/brahmi.htm
http://www.nibbanam.com/Brahmi/AshokanBrahmi.ttf

[Inoshi]

The earliest Pali inscriptions were made in Brahmi script.

Brahmi converter:

https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscript/
http://www.nibbanam.com/Brahmi/brahmi.htm
https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscr ... miLipi.zip

Fonts:

https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscr ... Brahmi.ttf
http://www.obib.de/Schriften/Fonts/brahmi.htm
http://www.nibbanam.com/Brahmi/AshokanBrahmi.ttf

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

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

[Inoshi]

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?

[Dmytro]

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
http://www.ancientscripts.com/brahmi.html

[Dmytro]

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

[Inoshi]

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
http://www.ancientscripts.com/brahmi.html

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/) 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 opens, informative with dead sublinks.

This https://sites.google.com/site/brahmiscr ... 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

[Inoshi]

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

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

[Inoshi]

It appears that aggi would be agni in Sinhalese.