Lanydza Script

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Lanydza (lanydza / ལཉྫ་) is an ornate Brahmic script derivative still used by Tibetans, Nepalese and Bhutanese to write Sanskrit. It is derived from Ranjana and is closely related to Wartu script.

Contents 1 Uses 2 Alternative spellings: 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Uses

Many of the Buddhist Sanskrit palm-leaf and birch-bark manuscripts brought to Tibet from India and Nepal were written in the ornate script the Tibetans call Lanydza.

Today the Lanydza script is used to write some Sanskrit Buddhist texts such as the Mañjusrinama-samgiti, and in Sanskrit-Tibetan lexicons. However its most frequent uses are on the title pages of Tibetan texts, where a Sanskrit translation of the title is often written in Lanydza; decoratively on temple walls and the outside of prayer wheels; as well as in in drawing mandalas.

The Lanydza script is essentially the same as what in Nepal is known as the Ranjana script.

[edit] Alternative spellings:

• Lantsa
• Lantsha
• Lentsa
• Lendza

[edit] See also

• Ranjana script

[edit] External links

• Lantsha script

[edit] References