Ranjana script
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The Ranjana script is a historic abugida of Nepal, traditionally used by the Newar people for writing the Newar language and for religious and decorative inscriptions in Buddhist and Hindu contexts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ranjana script canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abugida
ⓘ
historic script ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Newar culture ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Himalayan region ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Gupta script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nepal script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBaseUnit | consonant ⓘ |
| hasDiacriticsFor | vowel notation ⓘ |
| hasDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
conjunct consonants
ⓘ
inherent vowel ⓘ ornamental letterforms ⓘ |
| hasISO15924Code | Ranj ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock | Ranjana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystemCategory | abugida ⓘ |
| influenced | scripts used in Tibetan Buddhist contexts ⓘ |
| revivalEfforts | Newar community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Brahmic scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | limited contemporary use ⓘ |
| timePeriod | medieval Nepal ⓘ |
| usedAs |
calligraphic script
ⓘ
ceremonial script ⓘ |
| usedBy | Newar people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Buddhist mandalas
ⓘ
Newar Buddhist and Hindu iconography ⓘ decorative inscriptions ⓘ religious inscriptions ⓘ yantras ⓘ |
| usedForWriting |
Buddhist texts
ⓘ
Hindu texts ⓘ Newar Buddhist liturgy ⓘ Newar language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ Tibetan (in some contexts) ⓘ mantras ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Kathmandu Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInReligion |
Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedOn |
manuscripts
ⓘ
metal inscriptions ⓘ ritual objects ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ temple inscriptions ⓘ wooden struts ⓘ |
| writingSystemScope | historical and liturgical ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abugida ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.