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The Nāgarī script is the ancestor of Devanagari, Nandinagari and other variants, and was first used to write Prakrit and Sanskrit. The term is sometimes used as a synonym for Devanagari script. [7] [8] [9] It came in vogue during the first millennium CE. [10] The Nāgarī script has roots in the ancient Brahmi script family. [9]
Also simply called Nāgarī (Sanskrit: नागरी, Nāgarī), [7] it is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), [8] based on the ancient Brāhmī script. [9] It is one of the official scripts of the Republic of India and Nepal .
Nandināgarī is a Brāhmī-based script that was used in southern India between the 11th and 19th centuries AD for producing manuscripts and inscriptions in Sanskrit in south Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It derives from the central group of Nāgarī scripts and is related to Devanāgarī.
The Devanagari script, composed of 47 primary characters including 14 vowels and 33 consonants, is the fourth most widely adopted writing system in the world, being used for over 120 languages. Script Features and Description, SIL International (2013), United States</ref> The ancient Nagari script for Sanskrit had two additional consonantal ...
Nāgarī script, a script used in India during the first millennium; Devanagari, a script used since the late first millennium and currently in widespread use for the languages of northern India; Nandinagari, a script used in southern India from the late first millennium until the 19th century
Sylheti Nagri or Sylheti Nāgarī (Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ, síloṭi nagri, pronounced [sílɔʈi nagɾi]), known in classical manuscripts as Sylhet Nagri (ꠍꠤꠟꠦꠐ ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ) as well as by many other names, is an Indic script of the Brahmic family.
The Nagari Pracharini Sabha (ISO: Nāgarī Pracāriṇī Sabhā lit. ' Society for Promotion of Nagari '), also known as Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha, is an organization founded in 1893 at the Queen's College, Varanasi for the promotion of the Devanagari script and the Hindi language.
Nāgarī script, a script used in India during the first millennium; Devanagari, a script used since the late first millennium and currently in widespread use for the languages of northern India; Nandinagari, a script used in southern India from the late first millennium until the 19th century