CaramelChocolate
SPNer
Ssa ji to all,
I have a burning question regarding the script of guru Granth sahib and early gurbani. As far as I am aware guru angad ji created/standardised the Gurmukhi script and therefore any writings of gurbani before this would not have been in this script. If this is the correct then this begs the question, what script were the gurus using before this? I understand similar scripts were around such as landa but these were rarely used outside of mercantile contexts. These also had unwritten vowels in them. Then there is the possibility of shahmukhi but I hear this was the script of the upper classes.
(my knowledge is very limited in this area and I may be incorrect)
So my questions are:
What script was used to record gurbani before this?
Do we have the original forms written by the gurus of all of their gurbani in the guru Granth sahib kept somewhere?
Since other scripts were used, should the guru Granth sahib then be available in other scripts, or rather a multiplicity of scripts with each relevant sholka being printed in the script in which it was written (I understand this may not be practical but I am interested in hearing opinions regarding this)
Thanks,
CC
I have a burning question regarding the script of guru Granth sahib and early gurbani. As far as I am aware guru angad ji created/standardised the Gurmukhi script and therefore any writings of gurbani before this would not have been in this script. If this is the correct then this begs the question, what script were the gurus using before this? I understand similar scripts were around such as landa but these were rarely used outside of mercantile contexts. These also had unwritten vowels in them. Then there is the possibility of shahmukhi but I hear this was the script of the upper classes.
(my knowledge is very limited in this area and I may be incorrect)
So my questions are:
What script was used to record gurbani before this?
Do we have the original forms written by the gurus of all of their gurbani in the guru Granth sahib kept somewhere?
Since other scripts were used, should the guru Granth sahib then be available in other scripts, or rather a multiplicity of scripts with each relevant sholka being printed in the script in which it was written (I understand this may not be practical but I am interested in hearing opinions regarding this)
Thanks,
CC