“Kukai” 空海, 1984 film, PART TWO (II).

Kukai’ 空海 1984 film was the topic of an earlier blog post.

Here I present: Kukai’ 空海, 1984 film, PART TWO (II).

INTRODUCTION.

The syllabary shown BELOW is what Kukai’ 空海 (774-835 AD) brought back to the Japanese Isles after being part of the 804 AD diplomatic mission to Chinese Mainland.

Here I presented: Kukai’,  1984 film, PART TWO (II).

COMMENTS.

To learn the Japanese syllabary in the context of the script used for the Sanskrit is easy. Nalanda University students such as 玄奘 Xuanzang (602-664 AD) from China mastered the Devanagari script.  Kukai’s syllabary is based upon Devanagari script used for today for many languages, including Hindi.

	1		2		3		4		5
0	あ	A	い	I	う	U	え	E	お	O
	आ		इ		उ		ए		ओ
1	か	Ka	き	Ki	く	Ku	け	Ke	こ	Ko
	का		कि		कु		के		को
2	さ	Sa	し	Si	す	Su	セ	Se	そ	So
	सा		सि		सु		से		सो
3	た	Ta	ち	Ti	つ	Tu	て	Te	と	To
	ता		ति		तु		ते		तो
4	な	Na	に	Ni	ぬ	Nu	ね	Ne	の	No
	ना		नि		नु		ने		नो
5	は	Ha	ひ	Hi	ふ	Hu	へ	He	ほ	Ho
	हा		हि		हु		हे		हो
6	ま	Ma	み	Mi	み	Mu	め	Me	も	Mo
	मा		मि		मु		मे		मो
7	や	Ya			ゆ	Yu			よ	Yo
	या				यु				यो
8	ら	Ra	リ	Ri	る	Ru	れ	Re	ろ	Ro
	रा		रि		रु		रे		रो
9	わ	Wa							を	Wo
	वा								वो