Grantha script
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Grantha script is a historical South Indian writing system primarily used to record Sanskrit texts, especially in the Tamil-speaking regions.
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 (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.