Sanskrit is an Indo-Aryan language which was spoken in the Indian subcontinent in ancient times, and continues to be widely used for liturgical purposes.

Scripts

Sanskrit is today written mainly in the Devanagari script, but has historically been written in a number of different scripts. Most early inscriptions and some early manuscripts are in a form of either the Brahmi or Kharoshti scripts. Amongst the many scripts used in later manuscripts, the most important are the Nagari (an earlier form of the modern Devanagari), the Grantha, the Sarada, and the Modi.

Modern scripts

The grantha script

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