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The Siddham script evolved from the Gupta Brahmi script in the late 6th century CE. [1] Many Buddhist texts taken to China along the Silk Road were written using a version of the Siddhaṃ script. This continued to evolve, and minor variations are seen across time, and in different regions.
The inscription opens with the sign for siddham, is entirely in verse of various meters, and is signed at the end with the name of the engraver. The script says Fleet belongs to the "northern class of alphabet", and opens with invocations to Hindu god Shiva. [1]
A reproduction of the palm-leaf manuscript in Siddham script, originally held at Hōryū-ji Temple, Japan; now located in the Tokyo National Museum at the Gallery of Hōryū-ji Treasure. The original copy may be the earliest extant Sanskrit manuscript dated to the 7th–8th century CE.
Siddham may refer to: Siddhaṃ script, an alphabet and numeral script that originated and was used in India; now used in East Asia only Siddham (Unicode block)
Letter A in Siddham script The phoneme A ( Nagari: अ , Siddham : 𑖀) is an important symbol and seed mantra in Mahayana Buddhism as well as in Vajrayana Buddhism. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The Devanāgarī script, composed of 48 primary characters, including 14 vowels and 34 consonants, [11] is the fourth most widely adopted writing system in the world, [12] [13] being used for over 120 languages. [14] The orthography of this script reflects the pronunciation of the language. [14]
The syllables are written using the Siddham script and is conventionally read as kān (カーン) and kānmān (カーンマーン). [ 70 ] [ 73 ] [ 74 ] Three mantras of Acala are considered to be the standard in Japan.
The inscription has survived in a form that can be traced with ink-impression technologies. It covers a space of about 3.25 feet (0.99 m) by 1.25 feet (0.38 m) area. These are in Sanskrit, Gupta script of later northern variety such as in the way the upagudha are inscribed. The text is in poetic verse form, and at the end is inscribed the name ...