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Nāgarī script

The Nāgarī script is the ancestor of Devanagari, Nandinagari and other variants, and was first used to write Prakrit and Sanskrit. The term is sometimes used as a synonym for Devanagari script. It came in vogue during the first millennium CE.

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Usage outside India

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Etymology

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Child systems
Devanagari · Kaithi · Nandinagari · Sylheti Nagri · Gujarati
Languages
Sanskrit · Prakrit
Parent systems
Phoenician alphabetAramaic alphabet (debated)BrahmiGuptaSiddhaṃNāgarī · Aramaic alphabet (debated)BrahmiGuptaSiddhaṃNāgarī · BrahmiGuptaSiddhaṃNāgarī · GuptaSiddhaṃNāgarī · SiddhaṃNāgarī
Period
7th century CE
Script type
Abugida
Sister systems
Bengali-Assamese script, Odia script, Nepalese

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Nāgarī script

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Edges21
Triples42
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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related to Usage outside India · 17
Nāgarī script → Archaeologist Aung Thaw, Candra, Chandra, India, Indian, Kashmir, Mrauk-u, Mrohaung, Myanmar, Nāgarī, Rakhine, Sanskrit Nāgarī, Songtsen Gampo, The, Tibetan, Tonmi Sambota, Vesáli
related to Origins · 7
Nāgarī script → CE, Devanagari, Gupta, In, India, Nagari, The Nāgarī
Child systems · 6
Nāgarī script → Devanagari, Gujarati, Kaithi, Modi, Nandinagari, Sylheti Nagri
Parent systems · 6
Nāgarī script → Aramaic alphabet (debated)BrahmiGuptaSiddhaṃNāgarī, BrahmiGuptaSiddhaṃNāgarī, GuptaSiddhaṃNāgarī, Nāgarī, Phoenician alphabetAramaic alphabet (debated)BrahmiGuptaSiddhaṃNāgarī, SiddhaṃNāgarī
Languages · 2
Nāgarī script → Prakrit, Sanskrit
Period · 1
Nāgarī script → 7th century CE
Script type · 1
Nāgarī script → Abugida
Sister systems · 1
Nāgarī script → Bengali-Assamese script, Odia script, Nepalese
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Nāgarī script → ancestor of Devanagari

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script nāgarī devanagari nandinagari ce first century sanskrit ipa see 7th prakrit used millennium brahmi india nagari ancient scripts alphabet

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Nāgarī scriptChild systemsDevanagari1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptChild systemsKaithi1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptChild systemsNandinagari1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptChild systemsSylheti Nagri1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptChild systemsGujarati1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptChild systemsModi1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptLanguagesSanskrit1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptLanguagesPrakrit1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptParent systemsPhoenician alphabetAramaic alphabet (debated)BrahmiGuptaSiddhaṃNāgarī1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptParent systemsAramaic alphabet (debated)BrahmiGuptaSiddhaṃNāgarī1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptParent systemsBrahmiGuptaSiddhaṃNāgarī1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptParent systemsGuptaSiddhaṃNāgarī1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptParent systemsSiddhaṃNāgarī1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptParent systemsNāgarī1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptPeriod7th century CE1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptScript typeAbugida1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptSister systemsBengali-Assamese script, Odia script, Nepalese1.00infobox
Nāgarī scriptis aancestor of Devanagari0.90text

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