Nandinagari
South Indian script related to Devanāgarī / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nandināgarī is a Brahmic script derived from the Nāgarī script which appeared in the 7th century AD.[2] This script and its variants were used in the central Deccan region and south India,[2] and an abundance of Sanskrit manuscripts in Nandināgarī have been discovered but remain untransliterated.[3][4] Some of the discovered manuscripts of Madhvacharya of the Dvaita Vedanta school of Hinduism are in Nandināgarī script.[5]
Quick Facts Nandināgarī 𑧁𑧞𑦿𑧒𑧁𑧑𑦰𑧈𑧓, Script type ...
Nandināgarī 𑧁𑧞𑦿𑧒𑧁𑧑𑦰𑧈𑧓 | |
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Script type | |
Time period | c. 7th to 19th century |
Direction | Left-to-right ![]() |
Languages | Sanskrit and Kannada |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Sister systems | Devanāgarī, Kaithi, Gujarāti, Moḍī |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Nand (311), Nandinagari |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Nandinagari |
U+119A0–U+119FF | |
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It is a sister script to Devanāgarī, which is common in other parts of India.[6]