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梵字者,或曰梵書,天竺國文字也。彼國謂之悉曇,梵字書曰𑖭𑖰𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖽。(悉曇者,成就之謂也。天竺古俗,凡書文必以「悉曇」始,故得其名。)
東土之人遠天竺,古來與彼不通文字。六朝隋唐之代,佛法東漸,東土僧人乃始習梵語、書梵書。悉曇者,彼時天竺通用之文字也。東土因循之。而今日之天竺,文字凡數十種,棄悉曇而不用矣。故今日猶習梵字者,惟中華、日本等地之佛學者矣。(今日天竺習梵語者,咸以己邦文字書之,而尤尚天城文字。以天城文字書「悉曇」,曰सिद्धं。)
以心經咒爲例,以梵書曰:
以天城文字書之,曰:
以漢字書之,曰:
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