Grantha (Unicode block)

Grantha
Range U+11300..U+1137F
(128 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Grantha
Major alphabets Sanskrit Manipravalam
Assigned 85 code points
Unused 43 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.0 83 (+83)
8.0 85 (+2)
Note: [1][2]

Grantha is a Unicode block containing the ancient Grantha script characters of 6th to 19th century Tamil Nadu and Kerala for writing Sanskrit and Manipravalam.

Block

Grantha[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+1130x ๐‘Œ€ ๐‘Œ ๐‘Œ‚ ๐‘Œƒ ๐‘Œ… ๐‘Œ† ๐‘Œ‡ ๐‘Œˆ ๐‘Œ‰ ๐‘ŒŠ ๐‘Œ‹ ๐‘ŒŒ ๐‘Œ
U+1131x ๐‘Œ ๐‘Œ“ ๐‘Œ” ๐‘Œ• ๐‘Œ– ๐‘Œ— ๐‘Œ˜ ๐‘Œ™ ๐‘Œš ๐‘Œ› ๐‘Œœ ๐‘Œ ๐‘Œž ๐‘ŒŸ
U+1132x ๐‘Œ  ๐‘Œก ๐‘Œข ๐‘Œฃ ๐‘Œค ๐‘Œฅ ๐‘Œฆ ๐‘Œง ๐‘Œจ ๐‘Œช ๐‘Œซ ๐‘Œฌ ๐‘Œญ ๐‘Œฎ ๐‘Œฏ
U+1133x ๐‘Œฐ ๐‘Œฒ ๐‘Œณ ๐‘Œต ๐‘Œถ ๐‘Œท ๐‘Œธ ๐‘Œน ๐‘Œผ ๐‘Œฝ ๐‘Œพ ๐‘Œฟ
U+1134x ๐‘€ ๐‘ ๐‘‚ ๐‘ƒ ๐‘„ ๐‘‡ ๐‘ˆ ๐‘‹ ๐‘Œ ๐‘
U+1135x ๐‘ ๐‘— ๐‘ ๐‘ž ๐‘Ÿ
U+1136x ๐‘  ๐‘ก ๐‘ข ๐‘ฃ ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ง ๐‘จ ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ช ๐‘ซ ๐‘ฌ
U+1137x ๐‘ฐ ๐‘ฑ ๐‘ฒ ๐‘ณ ๐‘ด
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 10.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Grantha block:

Version Final code points[lower-alpha 1] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
7.0 U+11301..11303, 11305..1130C, 1130F..11310, 11313..11328, 1132A..11330, 11332..11333, 11335..11339, 1133D..11344, 11347..11348, 1134B..1134C, 11360..11363 65 L2/09-141R Ganesan, Naga (2009-04-22), Proposal to Encode the Grantha Script in the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) of ISO/IEC 10646 
L2/09-345 Ganesan, Naga (2009-04-22), Proposal to encode the Grantha Script in the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) of ISO/IEC 10646 
L2/09-206 Dias, Gihan (2009-05-09), Re: Grantha Proposal 
L2/09-210 Lata, Swaran (2009-05-11), Encoding of Grantha Script in the Unicode Standard 
L2/09-258 Sharma, Shriramana (2009-08-02), Re: Grantha Proposal 
L2/09-277 Karlsson, Kent (2009-08-06), Comments on L2/09โ€141, Proposal to Encode the Grantha Scriptโ€ฆ 
L2/09-316 Sharma, Shriramana (2009-08-15), Comments on Mr Ganesan's Grantha Proposal 
L2/09-324 Sharma, Shriramana (2009-09-26), Comments on Kent Karlssonโ€™s document L2/09-277 
L2/09-380 Lata, Swaran (2009-10-09), Letter from Swaran Lata concerning Grantha Proposal 
L2/09-373 Sharma, Shriramana (2009-10-11), Why jihvamuliya and upadhmaniya characters are not proposed for Grantha 
L2/09-372 Sharma, Shriramana (2009-10-24), Proposal to encode the Grantha script in Unicode 
L2/09-405 Ganesan, Naga (2009-10-31), Comment on L2/09-372 (Number of Viramas in closely related Malayalam and Grantha scripts) 
L2/10-048 Kulkarni, M. D. (2010-01-27), Proposal to encode the Grantha script in the BMP of the UCS 
L2/10-053 Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2010-01-28), Summary and Assessment of Grantha Proposals 
L2/10-071 McGowan, Rick; Anderson, Deborah (2010-02-17), Revised Chart and Names List for Grantha based on L2/10-053 
L2/10-085 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-03-12), Feedback to Dr Andersonโ€™s Grantha Summary dt 2010-Jan-28 
L2/10-259 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-07-27), Follow-up #2 to my Grantha proposal L2/09-372 
L2/10-283 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-08-03), Request from scholars of the Grantha user community #2 
L2/10-284 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-08-03), Comments on L2/10-194 
L2/10-314 Lata, Swaran (2010-08-10), Letter regarding Grantha encoding 
L2/10-265R McGowan, Rick; Anderson, Deborah (2010-08-26), Revised Chart and Names List for Grantha 
L2/10-341 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-09-14), Encoding sub-base Grantha vowel signs for Vocalic L and LL 
L2/10-409 Jain, Manoj (2010-10-18), Unicode Standard for Grantha Script, Summary of the Meeting Sept 6th, New Delhi 
L2/10-426 Jain, Manoj (2010-10-18), Proposal to encode the Grantha script in Unicode 
L2/10-457 Nakkeeran, P. R. (2010-11-01), Feedback on Grantha Unicode Committee meeting minutes - reg. 
L2/10-459 Kaviarasan, Va.Mu.Se. (2010-11-01), Response to L2/10-426 and L2/10-447 and any other proposals requesting to add characters to represent Tamil or Tamil Block 
L2/10-464 Karunanidhi, M. (2010-11-06), Letter from Gov't of Tamil Nadu re Grantha 
L2/10-472 Palaniappan, Sudalaimuthu (2010-11-06), Letter to Lisa Moore re Grantha Encoding 
L2/11-351 Constable, Peter (2010-11-29), E-mail regarding Grantha sub-base vocalic L/LL and Vedic Tone Asterisk Above 
L2/11-002 Kaviarasan, Va.Mu.Se. (2011-01-07), Response to Govt.of India Proposal L2/10-426 
L2/11-006 Annamalai, E. (2011-01-14), My views on Encoding Grantha in Unicode 
L2/11-010 Kaviarasan, Va.Mu.Se. (2011-01-18), Press release from Gov't Tamil Nadu re Grantha 
L2/11-011 Ganesan, N. (2011-01-21), Diacritic Marks for Short e & o Vowels (Dravidian and Vedic) in Devanagari (North India) and Grantha (South India) 
L2/11-024 Ganesan, N. (2011-01-21), Letter from Prof. S. Raju regarding the addition of 5 Dravidian characters to Grantha block in Unicode 
L2/11-029 Logasundaram, N. D. (2011-01-25), Views, opinions and suggestions on Proposals submitted on on Grantham, an historic INDIC Script into SMP by learned individuals & Institutions 
L2/11-009 Shanker, R. (2011-01-27), Letter to Mark Davis from Gov't of India 
L2/11-027 Sundaravelu, J. (2011-01-30), Opposition to Unification of Grantham and Tamil Scripts in the Unicode 
L2/11-025 Ganesan, N. (2011-01-31), Letter from Dr.R.Nagaswamy re Grantha 
L2/11-026 Manivannan, Mani (2011-01-31), INFITT Working Group comments on the Grantha encoding proposals 
L2/11-028 Dias, Gihan (2011-01-31), Position of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka on the encoding of the Grantha Script 
L2/11-034 Ganesan, N. (2011-02-01), Dravidian Letters in Tamil Grantha Script Some Notes in Their History of Use 
L2/11-048 Fernando, Albert (2011-02-01), Letter to Lisa Moore re Grantha Proposals L2/10-426 and L2/10-447 
L2/11-046 McGowan, Rick; Anderson, Deborah (2011-02-02), Grantha Compromise Chart 
L2/11-058 Arockiasamy, M. (2011-02-03), An Appeal to the Unicode Tech. Committee 
L2/11-055 Eraiyarasan, B. (2011-02-06), Comments on Tamil Unicode and Grantham Proposals 
L2/11-056 Uthayasoorian, K. (2011-02-06), Inclusion of Tamil Characters in Proposed Grantham Block 
L2/11-060 Ramakrishnan, T. (2011-02-07), Requesting the UTC to Reject Proposals to Mix Tamil and Grantha 
L2/11-063 Muthukumarasamy, Arivoli (2011-02-08), Comments of the Grantha Proposal L2/10-426 
L2/11-073 Anderson, Deborah; Sharma, Shriramana (2011-02-10), Two Outstanding Indic-related Topics from November 2010 UTC 
L2/11-075 Logasundaram, N. D. (2011-02-14), More views, opinions and suggestions as feedback on proposal of encoding Grantham 
L2/11-186 Ganesan, N. (2011-02-18), Dravidian letters in Grantha block in Unicode - regarding 
L2/11-182 Shanker, N. Ravi (2011-05-09), Letter to Mark Davis from N. Ravi Shanker, Gov't of India 
L2/11-251 Letter from Gov't of India to Mark Davis, May 10, 2011, re Grantha encoding, 2011-05-09 
L2/11-200 McGowan, Rick; Anderson, Deborah (2011-05-16), Grantha Compromise Chart 
L2/11-284R N4135 Proposal to encode the Grantha script [summary form only], 2011-07-22 
L2/11-326 Palaniappan, S. (2011-08-04), Comment on UTC document L2/11-186 
L2/11-330 N4181 Anderson, Deborah (2011-11-04), Proposed Additions to ISO/IEC 10646 
L2/12-054 Sachithananthan, Maravanpulavu (2012-01-12), Letter regarding Grantha encoding 
L2/12-126 Logasundaram, N. D. (2012-04-25), Encoding of Grantham in SMP 
L2/12-151 Ganesan, Naga (2012-05-01), Brief Comments on UTC register documents (May 2012) on Grantha script encoding 
L2/12-190 Logasundaram, N. D. (2012-05-08), Clarification of Grantham comments 
L2/13-065 Logasundaram, L. D. (2013-04-14), The Sanskrit language must not be cloned inside the digital world 
L2/13-084 Ganesan, Naga (2013-04-29), Comment on L2/13-065: Grantha characters from other Indic blocks such as Devanagari, Tamil, Bengali are NOT the solution 
L2/14-218 Sharma, Shriramana (2014-09-11), Unification of Tamil and Grantha numerals 
U+1133C 1 L2/15-254 Moore, Lisa (2015-10-11), UTC #145 Minutes 
L2/15-256 Hosken, Martin (2015-10-26), Proposal to Add Tamil Nukta Character 
U+1134D 1 L2/09-258 Sharma, Shriramana (2009-08-02), Re: Grantha Proposal 
L2/09-316 Sharma, Shriramana (2009-08-15), Comments on Mr Ganesan's Grantha Proposal 
L2/09-375 Sharma, Shriramana (2009-10-06), Further clarification on Grantha virama-ligatures 
L2/10-154 Ganesan, Naga (2010-05-01), Proposal to encode Grantha Chillu marker sign in Unicode/ISO 10646 
L2/10-194 Ganesan, Naga (2010-05-10), Grantha Chillu Marker at U+1134E in Unicode SMP, Comment on Section 8.d, L2/10-167 
L2/10-232 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-06-11), Official submission of a request regarding the Grantha Chillu Marker 
L2/10-233 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-06-20), Request from scholars of the Grantha user community 
L2/10-267 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-07-20), Comments on L2/09-345, 10-062 and 10-154 
L2/10-259 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-07-27), Follow-up #2 to my Grantha proposal L2/09-372 
L2/10-285 Shastri, Krishnamurti (2010-07-30), Comments on Grantha encoding 
L2/10-284 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-08-03), Comments on L2/10-194 
L2/10-297 Ganesan, Naga (2010-08-06), Comment on L2/10-285: Handwritten styles in Tamil, Grantha, and English scripts - Touching vowel signs and viramas 
L2/10-303 Ganesan, Naga (2010-08-09), Proposal for a Grantha Character Name - Ligating Prepausal Virama at U+1134F 
L2/10-405 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-09-17), On the GC of 1134D Grantha Sign Virama 
L2/10-406 Ganesan, T. (2010-10-08), Letter regarding Grantha vowelless consonants 
L2/10-404 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-10-10), Finalizing the Grantha virama model 
L2/10-409 Jain, Manoj (2010-10-18), Unicode Standard for Grantha Script, Summary of the Meeting Sept 6th, New Delhi 
L2/10-414 Nachimuthu, Krishnaswamy (2010-10-18), Letter regarding Grantha virama 
L2/10-424 Niklas, Ulrike (2010-10-21), Letter regarding Prepausal Virama (Grantha) 
L2/10-423 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-10-22), Response to L2/10-414 on the GRANTHA "PREPAUSAL" VIRAMA 
L2/10-430 Ganesan, N. (2010-10-26), Comment on L2/10-406: Grantha Prepausal Ligated Virama 
L2/10-447 Ganesan, N. (2010-10-29), Consonant Clusters that need 3 sequences in Unicode Encoding in Grantha script 
L2/10-332 Sharma, Shriramana (2012-08-21), Comments on L2/09-405, 10-297, -298 and -303 
L2/14-002 Sharma, Shriramana (2013-11-10), Finalizing the Grantha virama model 
L2/14-020 Ganesan, Naga (2014-01-20), Plain-text Ligating Virama Representation for Grantha script 
L2/14-097 Ganesan, Naga (2014-04-28), ZWJ Joiner for Chillu Consonants of Grantha Script 
L2/14-110 Sharma, Shriramana (2014-05-02), Comments on L2/14-097 re using ZWJ for Grantha โ€œchillusโ€ 
L2/14-162 Ganesan, Naga (2014-07-21), Control Characters (Joiners ZWNJ and ZWJ) in the Grantha Visible Virama and Chillu Consonants 
L2/14-164 Ganesan, Naga (2014-07-22), Chillu examples 
L2/14-170 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurenศ›iu (2014-07-28), Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals 
L2/14-279 Ganesan, Naga (2014-10-14), ZWJ for Grantha pre-pausal half-consonants (chillus) 
L2/14-291 Sharma, Shriramana (2014-10-29), Handling variation in vowelless consonant forms in Grantha 
L2/15-045 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew (2015-01-30), Recommendations to UTC #142 February 2015 on Script Proposals 
L2/15-067 Ganesan, Naga (2015-02-03), Revised Proposal for Plaintext Grantha Chillu Representation 
U+11357[lower-alpha 2] 1 L2/09-374 Sharma, Shriramana (2009-10-25), Request for encoding 11355 GRANTHA LENGTH MARK 
L2/10-329 Sharma, Shriramana (2012-08-21), Follow-up to L2/09-374 
U+1135D[lower-alpha 3] 1 L2/10-331 N4136 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-08-21), Request to encode 1135D GRANTHA SIGN PLUTA 
U+1135E..1135F, 11366..1136C, 11370..11374[lower-alpha 4] 14 L2/10-235 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-07-09), Proposal to encode Vedic characters for the Grantha script 
L2/10-286 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-08-04), Comments on L2/10-274 
8.0 U+11300 1 L2/13-061 N4432 Sharma, Shriramana (2013-03-04), Proposal to encode 1137D Grantha Sign Combining Anusvara Above 
L2/13-124 Kumar, Rajendra (2013-05-10), Letter from Gov't of India to Lisa Moore re recent documents 
L2/13-179 N4479 Sharma, Shriramana (2013-09-04), Request to reallocate one character within the Grantha block 
U+11350[lower-alpha 5] 1 L2/10-062 Ganesan, Naga (2010-02-02), A note on Grantha OM sign (Comment on L2/10-053) 
L2/10-267 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-07-20), Comments on L2/09-345, 10-062 and 10-154 
L2/10-263 Rajan, Vinodh (2010-07-28), Comments on Grantha OM 
L2/10-274 Ganesan, Naga (2010-08-02), Usage Evidence for Grantha OM glyph 
L2/10-286 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-08-04), Comments on L2/10-274 
L2/10-328 Sharma, Shriramana (2010-08-10), Follow-up to L2/10-267 
L2/13-062 N4431 Sharma, Shriramana (2013-04-10), Proposal to encode 11350 GRANTHA OM 
L2/13-081 Ganesan, Naga (2013-04-29), Comment on L2/13-062: Grantha OM in U+11350 code point 
L2/13-124 Kumar, Rajendra (2013-05-10), Letter from Gov't of India to Lisa Moore re recent documents 
  1. โ†‘ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
  2. โ†‘ See also L2/09-141R, L2/09-206, L2/09-277, and L2/10-409
  3. โ†‘ See also L2/10-409 and L2/11-330
  4. โ†‘ See also L2/09-141R, L2/09-258, L2/09-372, L2/09-405, L2/10-265R, and L2/10-409
  5. โ†‘ See also L2/09-141R, L2/09-316, L2/09-345, and L2/10-409

References

  1. โ†‘ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. โ†‘ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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