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The Kawi script or the Old Javanese script (Indonesian: aksara kawi, aksara carakan kuna) is a Brahmic script found primarily in Java and used across much of Maritime Southeast Asia between the 8th century and the 16th century. [1]
Kāvya (Devanagari: काव्य, IAST: kāvyá) refers to the Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets flourishing between c.200 BCE and 1200 CE. [1] [2]This literary style, which includes both poetry and prose, is characterised by abundant usage of figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, and hyperbole to create its characteristic emotional effects.
A related question is the form in which Sanskrit words were loaned in Old Javanese. The borrowed Sanskrit words in Old Javanese are almost without exceptions nouns and adjectives in their undeclined form (Sanskrit lingga). Old Javanese texts contain many more characters with similar phonology values to represent distinct vowels and consonants ...
A basic letter in Javanese script is called an aksara which represents a syllable. The aksara wyanjana (ꦲꦏ꧀ꦱꦫ ꦮꦾꦚ꧀ꦗꦤ) are consonant letters with an inherent vowel, either /a/ or /ɔ/. As a Brahmi-derived script, Javanese script originally had 33 wyanjana letters to write the 33 consonants found in Sanskrit and Kawi. [32] [33]
Sanskrit and other Indic Languages This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters
Chitra-kavya (picture-poetry) is an ancient Indian tradition of writing poetry in visual patterns by play of meaning (shabdalankāra) (based in brilliant flexible play of vowels, consonants, words and sound). It is the device of constructing verses that can be written out in the form of a lotus or of a chariot.
Writing a closed letter 'O' means that you are a private person and an introvert. If the dot on your 'i' lands high above the letter, you are considered to be imaginative.
Was used to write the Maldivian language up until the 20th century. [7] Diak U+11900–U+1195F 𑤞𑥂𑤧𑤭𑥂 Dogra: Takri: Was used to write Dogri. Dogra script is closely related to Takri. [8] Dogr U+11800–U+1184F 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠬 Grantha: Pallava: 6th century Restricted use in traditional Vedic schools to write Sanskrit.