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South Indian script
The Grantha script is a classical South Indian Brahmic script, found particularly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Originating from the Pallava script, the Grantha script is related to Tamil and Vatteluttu scripts. The modern Malayalam script of Kerala is a direct descendant of the Grantha script. The Southeast Asian and Indonesian scripts such as Thai and Javanese respectively, as well as South Asian and Sri Lankan scripts such as Tigalari and Sinhalese scripts respectively, are derived or closely related to Grantha through the early Pallava script. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Grantha scriptA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Aspects of manuscript culture in South IndiaThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: An optimized CNN system to recognize handwritten characters in ancient documents in Grantha scriptCited 28 times
- Go sideways: Pallava scriptA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Tamil scriptA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
An optimized CNN system to recognize handwritten characters in ancient documents in Grantha script
Comparative Analysis of Wavelet Transforms in the Recognition of Ancient Grantha Script
Some manuscripts in Grantha script in Bangkok
The ancient grantha script
An Online Character Recognition System to Convert Grantha Script to Malayalam
Computational Approach for Character Identification and Retrieval of Grantha Inscription
A Correlation Coefficient based Model to Separate and Classify Noncursive (Grantha Script) Symbols
The Jaiminiya Mahabharata Mairavanacaritam & Sahasramukharavanacaritam: A Critical Edition with English Translation from the Grantha Script, by Pradip Bhattacharya and Shekhar Kumar Sen
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Aspects of manuscript culture in South IndiaSaraju Rath · 2011
The grantha scriptP. Visalakshy · 2003- 📕GranthalipibodhinīViroopaksha V. Jaddipal · 2008
- 📕Pāṇinīyadhātupāṭha in Grantha, Dēvanāgarī & Tamil scripts, with meaning in TamilPāṇini · 1960
South Indian scripts in Sanskrit manuscrilpts and prints: Grantha Tamil - Malayalam - Telugu - Kannada - NandinagariReinhold Gr unendahl
South Indian scripts in Sanskrit manuscripts and printsReinhold Grünendahl · 2001
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