Sanskrit letter - Bonji

Japanese: 梵字 - ぼんじ

〘Noun〙① A script that developed from the brāhmī style of writing used in ancient India, used to write Sanskrit. The same script was used in Japan. Originally written horizontally from left to right, it became vertically from right to left in Japan. The basic characters are (a), (i), (o) of mata, and (ka ) , (ca), (ta) of taimon . Also, writings and books written using this. Sanskrit script. → Shiddan. ※Sandai Kaku-2, Jowa 2 (835), January 23rd “Shōmyo- _{gakkō (a Buddhist chant} ) – Reciting Sanskrit letters, _Shingon , and the Great Buddha’s Head, and following the Dharani _. ” [Pi Nikyu – Poems from the Bao-san Temple, Traveling in the Rain] ② = Boro (Buddhist Treatise) ※Tsurezuregusa (around 1331) 115 “Is this the beginning of the words Boronji, Sanskrit letters, and Chinese characters that were used in the early modern period?”

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 古代インドで行なわれた brāhmī という字体から発達した文字で、梵語、すなわちサンスクリットを記載するのに用いる文字。日本ではその一体が行なわれた。元来は左横書きであるが、日本では右縦書となった。基本となる文字、すなわち摩多(また)の（a）・（i）・（o）など、体文(たいもん)の（ka）・（ca）・（ta）などの類。また、これによって書かれた文章、書物など。梵書。→悉曇(しったん)。※三代格‐二・承和二年（835）正月二三日「声明業一人応_レ書_二誦梵字真言大仏頂及随求等陀羅尼_一」〔皮日休‐雨中遊包山精舎詩〕② ＝ぼろ（梵論）※徒然草（1331頃）一一五「近世に、ぼろんじ・梵字・漢字など云ける者、その始めなりけるとかや」

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