01OVERVIEW
Front Matter
SCRIPT · PROFILE
Grantha
Sanskrit script used in Tamil Nadu, South India from the 6th century.
Sanskrit script used in Tamil Nadu, South India from the 6th century. "Grantha" means "book/manuscript" in Sanskrit. Used alongside Tamil script, it is the direct ancestor of the Malayalam script. Hindu scriptures, Buddhist texts, and astronomical treatises are preserved in this script. Currently used by Sanskrit scholars in Tamil Nadu and Kerala for traditional rituals and academic purposes. Added to Unicode in 2012.
04SPECIMEN
The Letters
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Glyph evolution
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06MECHANICS
Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Left to right (LTR)
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System
Abugida
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Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
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07LINEAGE
The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
Related scripts
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