Grantha script

E25665

Brahmic script historical script writing system

Grantha script is a historical South Indian writing system primarily used to record Sanskrit texts, especially in the Tamil-speaking regions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Grantha script canonical	25
Grantha script (historical)	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brahmic script ⓘ historical script ⓘ writing system ⓘ
associatedWithLanguage	Tamil (for Sanskrit loanwords and religious use) ⓘ
currentUse	traditional religious and scholarly contexts ⓘ
derivedFrom	Brahmi script ⓘ
encodedInStandard	Unicode ⓘ
geographicFocus	southern parts of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
hasConsonantCount	approximately 34 basic consonant letters ⓘ
hasFeature	conjunct consonants ⓘ consonant-vowel ligatures ⓘ dependent vowel signs ⓘ diacritic marks ⓘ distinct letters for Sanskrit sounds not present in Tamil ⓘ independent vowel letters ⓘ
hasVariant	Pallava Grantha ⓘ Pallava Grantha ⓘ surface form: Tamil Grantha
hasVowelCount	approximately 14 vowel signs ⓘ
historicalUse	copying Hindu religious texts ⓘ copying Vedic texts ⓘ copying classical Sanskrit literature ⓘ
influenced	Malayalam script ⓘ Tigalari script ⓘ
primaryUse	writing Sanskrit texts ⓘ
relatedTo	Malayalam script ⓘ Tamil script ⓘ
scriptCodeISO15924	Gran ⓘ
scriptFamily	Brahmic scripts ⓘ surface form: Southern Brahmic scripts
status	no longer widely used for everyday writing ⓘ
timePeriod	in use until modern period in traditional contexts ⓘ used from approximately 5th century CE ⓘ
unicodeBlock	Grantha (U+11300–U+1137F) ⓘ
usedByCommunity	Hindu scholars in South India ⓘ Brahmins ⓘ surface form: Tamil Brahmins
usedForLanguage	Sanskrit ⓘ
usedForReligion	Hinduism ⓘ
usedForTextType	inscriptions ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ
usedInRegion	South India ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ Tamil-speaking regions ⓘ
writingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
writingMedium	copper-plate inscriptions ⓘ palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystemType	abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Sanskrit → writingSystem → Grantha script ⓘ

Dravidian languages → writingSystem → Grantha script ⓘ

Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Grantha script ⓘ

Kannada script → sharesOriginWith → Grantha script ⓘ

Brahmic scripts → influenced → Grantha script ⓘ

Malayalam script → derivedFrom → Grantha script ⓘ

Pallava script → relatedTo → Grantha script ⓘ

Burmese script → derivedFrom → Grantha script ⓘ

Vatteluttu script → replacedBy → Grantha script ⓘ

Grantha (U+11300–U+1137F) → scriptEncoded → Grantha script ⓘ

subject surface form: Grantha (Unicode block)

Pallava Grantha → relatedTo → Grantha script ⓘ

Tigalari script → closelyRelatedTo → Grantha script ⓘ

Tigalari script → derivedFrom → Grantha script ⓘ

Tigalari script → influencedBy → Grantha script ⓘ

Gupta script → developedInto → Grantha script ⓘ

Telugu–Kannada script family → relatedTo → Grantha script ⓘ

Tamil–Malayalam subgroup → hasWritingSystem → Grantha script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grantha script (historical)

Nandinagari script → sisterScript → Grantha script ⓘ

Cham script → influencedBy → Grantha script ⓘ

Pazhaya lipi → derivedFrom → Grantha script ⓘ

Malayali people → writingSystem → Grantha script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grantha script (historical)

Mon script → derivedFrom → Grantha script ⓘ

Carakan → influencedBy → Grantha script ⓘ

Tulu script → derivedFrom → Grantha script ⓘ

Vattezhuthu → relatedScript → Grantha script ⓘ

Southern Brahmi → influenced → Grantha script ⓘ

Vatteluttu → closelyRelatedTo → Grantha script ⓘ