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The Grantha script (Tamil: கிரந்த எழுத்து, romanized: Granta eḻuttu; Malayalam: ഗ്രന്ഥലിപി, romanized: granthalipi) is a classical South Indian Brahmic script, found particularly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Originating from the Pallava script, [1] the Grantha script is related to Tamil and ...
Extended-Tamil script or Tamil-Grantha refers to a script used to write the Tamil language before the 20th century Tamil purist movement. [1] Tamil-Grantha is a mixed-script: a combination of the conservative-Tamil script that independently evolved from pre-Pallava script, combined with consonants imported from a later-stage evolved Grantha script (from Pallava-Grantha) to write non-Tamil ...
The Pallava script, or Pallava Grantha, is a Brahmic script named after the Pallava dynasty of Southern India and is attested to since the 4th century CE. In India, the Pallava script evolved from Tamil-Brahmi. [2] The Grantha script originated from the Pallava script. [3]
The Grantha and its parent script influenced the Tamil script notably. The use of palm leaves as the primary medium for writing led to changes in the script. The scribe had to be careful not to pierce the leaves with the stylus while writing because a leaf with a hole was more likely to tear and decay faster.
Makasar script is also known as "Old Makassarese" or "Makassarese bird script" in English-language scholarly works. [12] Maka U+11EE0–U+11EFF 𑻪𑻢𑻪𑻢 Malayalam: Grantha: 12th century Malayalam: Mlym U+0D00–U+0D7F മലയാളലിപി: Marchen: Tibetan: 7th century Was used in the Tibetan Bön tradition to write the extinct ...
Grantha is a Unicode block containing the ancient Grantha script characters of 6th to 19th century Tamil Nadu and Kerala for writing Sanskrit and Manipravalam. Grantha [1] [2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
Pallava grantha was also divided into early and late forms. Late Pallava grantha is the precursor to the Kawi script. [4] Although, whether the Tamil script emerged during the Pallava dynasty or indeed from Tamil-Brahmi is contested among scholars. [5]
The inscription consists of the Sanskrit language portions inscribed in the Grantha script (lines 1-30 and 142-150), and the Tamil language inscribed in the Vatteluttu script (lines 31-141 and 151-155). The Tamil portion also uses the Grantha script for words of Sanskrit origin, the spelling of these words is sometimes influenced by the rules ...