Siddhaṃ script
Brahmic script used to write Sanskrit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Siddhaṃ (also Siddhāṃ[7]), also known in its later evolved form as Siddhamātṛkā,[8] is a medieval Brahmic abugida, derived from the Gupta script and ancestral to the Nāgarī, Eastern Nagari, Tirhuta, Odia and Nepalese scripts.[9]
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Siddham script Siddhaṃ 𑖭𑖰𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖽 | |
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Time period | c. late 6th century[1] – c. 1200 CE[note 1] |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Languages | Sanskrit |
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Sister systems | Sharada,[2][3][5] Tibetan,[4] Kalinga, Bhaiksuki |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Sidd (302), Siddham, Siddhaṃ, Siddhamātṛkā |
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Unicode alias | Siddham |
U+11580–U+115FF Final Accepted Script Proposal | |
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The word Siddhaṃ means "accomplished" or "perfected" in Sanskrit. The script received its name from the practice of writing Siddhaṃ, or Siddhaṃ astu (may there be perfection), at the head of documents. Other names for the script include bonji (Japanese: 梵字) lit. "Brahma's characters" and "Sanskrit script" and Chinese: 悉曇文字; pinyin: Xītán wénzi lit. "Siddhaṃ script".