Grantha (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Grantha》(英語表記)Grantha
Grantha (English spelling)

...The Gujarati script was derived from the Devanagari script, the Gurmukhi script for writing Punjabi was derived from the Sharada script, and the Oriya script was derived from the Bengali script. The Pallava script was created in the 5th century from the southern Brahmi script, and the Grantha script for copying the Sanskrit document Grantha was created in the 7th century. The modern Tamil script is an improvement on the Vatteruttu script, which is also related to the southern Brahmi script, and is based on the Grantha script, while the modern Malayalam script is based on the Grantha script and partially supplemented with Vatteruttu script....

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Grantha" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…デーバナーガリー文字からグジャラーティー文字が,パンジャービー語を表記するグルムキー文字はシャーラダー文字より,ベンガーリー文字よりオリヤー文字がそれぞれ派生した。南方系ブラーフミー文字から,5世紀にはパッラバ文字が,7世紀には,サンスクリット語による文献《グランタGrantha》を写すためのグランタ文字が成立している。やはり南方系ブラーフミー文字に連なるバッテルットゥ文字をグランタ文字に基づいて改良したのが現行タミル文字であり,グランタ文字に基づき,一部をバッテルットゥ文字で補完したものが現行マラヤーラム文字である。…

※「《Grantha》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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