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Sanskrit Siddham Script
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Siddhaṃ (also Siddhāṃ) is an Indic script used in India from the 6th century to the 13th century. Also known in its later evolved form as Siddhamātṛkā, Siddham is a medieval Brahmic abugida, derived from the Gupta script and ancestral to the Nāgarī, Eastern Nagari, Tirhuta, Odia and Nepalese scripts. The Siddham script was widely used by Indian Buddhists and still remains in use by East Asian Buddhists, especially for writing mantras, seed syllables, and dharanis.
The word Siddhaṃ means "accomplished", "completed" 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) "Brahma's characters" and "Sanskrit script" and Chinese: 悉曇文字; pinyin: Xītán wénzi "Siddhaṃ script".
see also Ranjana Script - Kutila Script - Lantsa Script
see also: Sanskrit, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, Brahmi Script
SiddhamThe Siddham script is a descendent of the Brahmi script and an ancestor of the Devanagari script. The name Siddham comes from Sanskrit and means “accomplished or perfected”. The Siddham script is mainly used by Shingon Buddhists in Japan to write out mantra and sutras in Sanskrit. It was introduced to Japan by Kukai in 806 AD after he had studied Sanskrit and Mantrayana Buddhism in China. In Japan the Siddham script is known as 梵字 (bonji).
Notable features Type of writing system: Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines. Used to write: Sanskrit Script family: Proto-Sinaitic, Phoenician, Aramaic, Brāhmī, Gupta, Siddham Siddham script Siddham script
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Sample text in Sanskrit in the Siddham alphabet Sample text in Sanskrit in the Siddham alphabet
Transliteration Sarvē mānavāḥ svatantrāḥ samutpannāḥ vartantē api ca, gauravadr̥śā adhikāradr̥śā ca samānāḥ ēva vartantē. Ētē sarvē cētanā-tarka-śaktibhyāṁ susampannāḥ santi. Api ca, sarvē´pi bandhutva-bhāvanayā parasparaṁ vyavaharantu.
Source: http://www.visiblemantra.org/human-rights.html
Translation All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Links Information about the Siddham script http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhaṃ_alphabet https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/梵字 http://www.visiblemantra.org/siddham.html https://www.endangeredalphabets.net/alphabets/siddham/ https://www.sanskritabhyas.in/en/Siddham/List http://www1.plala.or.jp/eiji/BONJI.htm
Siddham fonts http://tongphuockhai.wordpress.com/ 2011/01/29/software-siddham-lantsa/
Some of the writing systems used to write Sanskrit Bhaiksuki, Brāhmi, Devanāgari, Galik, Grantha, Gupta, Kadamba, Kharosthi, Nandinagari, Sharda, Siddham, Thai, Tibetan
Abugidas / Syllabic alphabets
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Siddham script Siddham Origin
The Siddham script is a descendent of the Brahmi script and an ancestor of the Devanagari script. The name Siddham comes from Sanskrit and means “accomplished or perfected” The Siddham script is mainly used by Shingon Buddhists in Japan to write out mantra and sutras in Sanskrit. It was introduced to Japan by Kukai in 806 AD after he had studied Sanskrit and Mantrayana Buddhism in China. In Japan the Siddham script is known as 梵字 (bonji).
Notable features
Type of writing system: syllabic alphabet Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines. Used to write: Sanskrit
Siddham script Vowels
Siddham vowels Vowel diacritics with ka
Siddham diacritics with ka Consonants
Siddham consonants Sample text in Sanskrit in the Siddham alphabet
Sample text in Sanskrit in the Siddham alphabet Transliteration
Sarve mānavāḥ svatantratāḥ samutpannāḥ vartante api cha, gauravadr̥śā adhikāradr̥śā ca samānāḥ eva vartante. Ete sarve cetanā-tarka-śaktibhyāṁ susampannāḥ santi. Api ca, sarve’pi bandhutva-bhāvanayā parasparaṁ vyavaharantu.
Source: http://www.visiblemantra.org/human-rights.html Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) Links
Information about the Siddham script (in Japanese, except the first two) http://www.visiblemantra.org http://www.mandalar.com http://www.siddham-sanskrit.com http://www.tctv.ne.jp/tobifudo/bonzisyo/bindex.html http://www1.plala.or.jp/eiji/BONJI.htm
Free fonts which include Siddham letters http://www.mojikyo.org/html/abroad/download.html http://plaza.harmonix.ne.jp/~kokura/main/font/font.html Writing system used to write Sanskrit
Brāhmi, Devanāgari, Grantha, Kharoṣṭhi, Śāradā, Siddham, Thai, Tibetan
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