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    Nepalese scripts. The word Siddhaṃ means "accomplished" or "perfected" in Sanskrit. The script received its name from the practice of writing Siddhaṃ, or Siddhaṃ...
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  • of the official scripts of the Indian Republic. The script has developed over more than 1000 years from a variant of Siddhaṃ script which was used in...
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    Gurmukhī script for Punjabi, the Bengali-Assamese script and the Tibetan script. Siddhaṃ (also Siddhāṃ), also known in its later evolved form as Siddhamātṛkā...
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    several of the glyphs. The Siddhaṃ script was especially important in Buddhism, as many sutras were written in it. The art of Siddham calligraphy survives today...
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    scientific developments. The Gupta script was descended from Brāhmī and gave rise to the Śāradā and Siddhaṃ scripts. These scripts in turn gave rise to many of...
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    inscriptions written in an eastern variety of the Gupta script, adopting significant traits from the Siddhaṃ script in the 7th century. By the 17th century three...
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    region, the Kalinga script got replaced by the Siddhaṃ script-derived Proto-Oriya script which became the ancestor of the modern Odia script. The Hathigumpha...
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  • the Rañjanā script as well, and so this script is also found throughout East Asia, but is not as common as Siddhaṃ. In Vietnam, Rañjanā script is often used...
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    The Khom Thai script is considered a sacred script, and its status is similar to the Siddhaṃ script used by Mahayana Buddhism. The script held a position...
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    number of cursives during the Middle Ages, including the Siddhaṃ script (6th century) and Śāradā script (9th century). Southern Brahmi gave rise to the Grantha...
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