50677874 Grantha Alphabet for Sanskrit
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Writing systems: abjads | alphabets | syllabic alphabets | syllabaries | semanto-phonetic scripts undeciphered scripts | alternative scripts | your con-scripts | A-Z index | Direction index Grantha alphabet Origin The Grantha alphabet is a descendent of the Brahmi alphabet and started to emerge during the 5th century AD. Most of the alphabets of southern India evolved from Grantha, and it also influenced the Sinhala and Thai alphabets. The Grantha alphabet has traditional been used by Tamil speakers to write Sanskrit and is still used in traditional vedic schools (patasalas) Notable features Each letters represents a consonant with an inherent vowel (a). Other vowels were indicated using a diacritics or separate letters. Letters are grouped according to the way they are pronounced. Grantha vowels Grantha vowel diacritics (with ka) Grantha consonants Grantha numerals Sample text Transliteration Sarvē mānavāḥ svatantratāḥ samutpannāḥ vartantē api ca, gauravadr̥śā adhikāradr̥śā ca samānāḥ ēva vartantē. Ētē sarvē cētanā-tarka-śaktibhyāṁ susampannāḥ santi. Api ca, sarvē´pi bandhutva-bhāvanayā parasparaṁ vyavaharantu. Grantha alphabet for Sanskrit http://www.omniglot.com/writing/grantha.htm 1 of 2 12/01/2011 10:47 PM
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Grantha alphabet
OriginThe Grantha alphabet is a descendent of the Brahmi alphabet and started to emergeduring the 5th century AD. Most of the alphabets of southern India evolved fromGrantha, and it also influenced the Sinhala and Thai alphabets.
The Grantha alphabet has traditional been used by Tamil speakers to write Sanskrit andis still used in traditional vedic schools (patasalas)
Notable features
Each letters represents a consonant with an inherent vowel (a). Other vowelswere indicated using a diacritics or separate letters.
Letters are grouped according to the way they are pronounced.
Grantha vowels
Grantha vowel diacritics (with ka)
Grantha consonants
Grantha numerals
Sample text
TransliterationSarvē mānavāḥ svatantratāḥ samutpannāḥ vartantē api ca, gauravadr ̥śā adhikāradr ̥śā casamānāḥ ēva vartantē. Ētē sarvē cētanā-tarka-śaktibhyāṁ susampannāḥ santi. Api ca,sarvē´pi bandhutva-bhāvanayā parasparaṁ vyavaharantu.
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TranslationAll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed withreason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
LinksInformation about the Grantha Scripthttp://www.ancientscripts.com/grantha.htmlhttp://www.mudgala.com/articles/grantha.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantha_scripthttp://noolaham.net/wiki/index.php/வைலவாச :கிர த
Grantha Script Tutorialshttp://www.ibiblio.org/sadagopan/gsindex.html
Grantha fonts and software for writing Granthahttp://www.uni-hamburg.de/Wiss/FB/10/IndienS/Kniprath/INDOLIPI/Indolipi.htm
Other alphabets used to write SanskritBrāhmi, Devanāgari, Grantha, Kharoṣṭhi, Śāradā, Siddham, Thai, Tibetan
Other syllabic alphabetsAhom, Balinese, Batak, Bengali, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Cham, Dehong Dai/Tai Le,Devanagari, Dhives Akuru, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Gondi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gupta,Gurmukhi (Punjabi), Hanuno'o, Hmong, Javanese, Kannada, Kayah Li, Kharosthi,Khmer, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Malayalam, Manpuri, Modi, Oriya, Pallava,Phags-pa, Ranjana, Redjang, Shan, Sharda, Siddham, Sindhi, Sinhala, SorangSompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagalog, Tagbanwa, Tamil,Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tocharian, Varang Kshiti
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