Sharada script

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Brahmic script abugida writing system

The Sharada script is an ancient Brahmic writing system historically used in the northwestern Indian subcontinent, especially in Kashmir, primarily for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Dogra Akkhar script 1
Śāradā script 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedDeity Saraswati ⓘ
Sharada Devi ⓘ
associatedReligion Hinduism ⓘ
currentUsage limited liturgical use ⓘ
scholarly use ⓘ
derivedFrom Brahmi script ⓘ
surface form: Gupta script
developed circa 8th century CE ⓘ
directionOfWriting left-to-right ⓘ
geographicFocus Kashmir Valley ⓘ
parts of Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
parts of Pakistan-administered Kashmir ⓘ
hasCharacterSet consonants ⓘ
independent vowels ⓘ
numerals ⓘ
vowel signs ⓘ
hasConsonantLetters yes ⓘ
hasNuktaLikeSigns yes ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Sharada ⓘ
hasVowelDiacritics yes ⓘ
historicalRegion Gandhara civilization ⓘ
surface form: Gandhara

Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form: Kashmir

Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab region

northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ
ISO15924Code Shrd ⓘ
namedAfter Devi ⓘ
surface form: goddess Sharada
primaryUsage Kashmiri literature ⓘ
Sanskrit manuscripts ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
relatedScript Gurmukhi ⓘ
surface form: Gurmukhi script

Siddham script ⓘ
Takri script ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
status historical script ⓘ
timePeriod circa 8th century CE to 20th century CE ⓘ
UnicodeBlockRange U+11180–U+111DF ⓘ
UnicodeStandardVersionIntroduced Unicode 6.1 ⓘ
usedByCommunity Kashmiri Pandit ⓘ
surface form: Kashmiri Pandits

scholars of Kashmir Shaivism ⓘ
usedFor inscriptions ⓘ
palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
paper manuscripts ⓘ
stone epigraphy ⓘ
usedForLanguage Kashmiri language ⓘ
Prakrit languages ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Sharda language ⓘ
writingSystemClass alphasyllabary ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Gurmukhi → derivedFrom → Sharada script ⓘ
Landa scripts → derivedFrom → Sharada script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Śāradā script
Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Sharada script ⓘ
Brahmic scripts → influenced → Sharada script ⓘ
Dogri → scriptHistoricallyUsed → Sharada script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dogra Akkhar script
Kashmiris → traditionalScript → Sharada script ⓘ
Sanskrit → writingSystem → Sharada script ⓘ