Squiggly Underline in Critical Editions

[Peter M. Scharf]

Dear Colleagues,
	The squiggly underline is a modern editorial addition, as Rosane  
Rocher pointed out.  I have not seen it in any mss., Devanagari or  
otherwise.  The question is "Is it used in printed editions other  
than in Devanagari?"  Since it has been used and is used now in  
printed texts, it should be available to represent such printed texts  
in electronic media.  Therefore it should be added to the Unicode  
Standard.  The point of my question is this:  Should we request that  
it be added to the Devanagari block of the Unicode Standard, or to a  
general editorial symbols block?  If it is used in editions of other  
Indic scripts, then the latter.  If it is exclusive to Devanagari  
(because other symbols like the dagger used in Greek and Latin texts  
would interrupt the continuity of the head stroke) then we'd request  
that it be added to the Devanagari block.
	Peter
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On Apr 7, 2007, at 11:20 AM, Rosane Rocher wrote:

> Peter,
>
> I thought that the squiggly line in the BORI edition was a modern  
> editorial addition. Does it occur in Devanagari manuscripts? and,  
> if so, for what purpose? I imagine not for the purpose of flagging  
> variant readings.
>
> Rosane
>
> From: "Peter M. Scharf" <scharf at BROWN.EDU>
> Date: April 7, 2007 9:49:58 AM EDT
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: Squiggly Underline in Critical Editions
> Reply-To: Indology <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
> 	Have you seen the squiggly underline used in critical editions in  
> scripts other than Devanagari?
> 	The squiggly underline is of course used in the BORI critical  
> edition of the Mahabharata to indicate a doubtful reading.  Is it  
> used in other Indic scripts?  In any other scripts?
> 	We have prepared a proposal for Unicode for Vedic characters, and  
> a few other characters, and would like to include this squiggly  
> underline but must know whether it is exclusive to Devanagari or  
> not.  If you have seen it elsewhere please let me know right away.   
> If you have an image, this would also be helpful.
> 	Thanks.
> 	Yours sincerely,
> 	Peter Scharf
> 	Scharf at Brown.edu
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> Peter M. Scharf                           (401) 863-2720 office
> Department of Classics             (401) 863-2123 dept
> Brown University
> PO Box 1856                               (401) 863-7484 fax
> Providence, RI 02912                Scharf at brown.edu
> http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Classics/Scharf/
> http://sanskritlibrary.org/
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