Siddham script

E132167
abugida historical script writing system

Siddham script is an ancient Indian writing system derived from Brahmi, historically used for recording Sanskrit Buddhist texts and mantras, especially in East Asia.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Siddham script canonical 9
Siddhamātṛkā script 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abugida ⓘ
historical script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siddhamatrka ⓘ
Siddham script ⓘ
surface form: Siddhamātṛkā script
associatedWith Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form: Esoteric Buddhism

Shingon Buddhism ⓘ
Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form: Vajrayana Buddhism
derivedFrom Brahmi script ⓘ
developedFrom Gupta script ⓘ
directionOfWriting left-to-right ⓘ
encodedInUnicodeVersion Unicode 7.0 ⓘ
hasFeature anusvara sign ⓘ
conjunct consonants ⓘ
independent vowel letters ⓘ
inherent vowel /a/ ⓘ
visarga sign ⓘ
vowel diacritics ⓘ
hasScriptType alphasyllabary ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Siddham (U+11580–U+115FF) ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor copying sutras ⓘ
transmission of Buddhist dharani ⓘ
influenced Japanese Siddham calligraphy tradition ⓘ
preservedIn Chinese Buddhist manuscripts ⓘ
Dunhuang ⓘ
surface form: Dunhuang manuscripts

Japanese Buddhist temples ⓘ
primaryReligion Buddhism ⓘ
regionOfOrigin South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
status no longer used for everyday writing ⓘ
used liturgically in East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
timePeriod Gupta Empire ⓘ
surface form: Gupta period

circa 6th century CE ⓘ
usedFor Buddhist mantras ⓘ
Buddhist texts ⓘ
mandala inscriptions ⓘ
ritual inscriptions ⓘ
seed syllables (bija) ⓘ
writing Sanskrit ⓘ
usedIn China ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ
India ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Korea ⓘ
writingMedium palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
paper manuscripts ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystemFor Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form: Sanskrit language
writingSystemType consonant-based abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Siddham script ⓘ
Sharada script → relatedScript → Siddham script ⓘ
Bengali script → derivedFrom → Siddham script ⓘ
Eastern Nagari script → derivedFrom → Siddham script ⓘ
Pala Empire → scriptUsed → Siddham script ⓘ
Shingon Buddhism → languageOfMantras → Siddham script ⓘ
Siddham script → alsoKnownAs → Siddham script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siddhamātṛkā script
Gupta script → developedInto → Siddham script ⓘ
Gupta script → influenced → Siddham script ⓘ
True Word School → usesLanguage → Siddham script ⓘ