Śāradā script

Śāradā

Kashmiri Shaivaite manuscript (17th or 18th century)
Type Abugida
Languages Sanskrit
Time period c. 800 CE–present (almost extinct)
Parent systems
Child systems Gurmukhī
Takri
Landa
Sister systems Nāgarī
Siddhaṃ
ISO 15924 Shrd, 319
Unicode range (v. 6.1.0 beta) U+11180..U+111DF
[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols.

The Śāradā, or Sharada, script (शारदा) is an abugida writing system of the Brahmic family of scripts, developed around the 8th century. It was used for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri. The Gurmukhī script was developed from Śāradā. Originally more widespread, its use became later restricted to Kashmir, and it is now rarely used except by the Kashmiri Pandit community for ceremonial purposes. Śāradā is another name for Saraswati, the goddess of learning.

The Śāradā script was accepted for encoding in the Unicode standard, and is supported by the beta released version 6.1.0 in the range U+11180..U+111DF.[1][2] [3]

Contents

Alphabet

Vowels

a अ i इ u उ e ए o ओ
ā आ ī ई ū ऊ ai ऐ au औ
aṃ अं aḥ अः

Consonants

k क kh ख g ग gh घ
c च ch छ j ज jh झ ñ ञ
ṭh ḍh
t त th थ d द dh ध n न
p प ph फ b ब bh भ m म
y य r र l ल v व
ś श s स h ह

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