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The 'Nepal Script' or 'Nepalese script' [10] appeared in the 10th century. The earliest instance is a manuscript entitled Lankavatara Sutra dated Nepal Era 28 (908 AD). Another early specimen is a palm-leaf manuscript of a Buddhist text the Prajnaparamita, dated Nepal Era 40 (920 AD). [11]
None. Classical Newar (Modern Newar: pulāṃ bhāy, "old language") also known as Old Newar or Classical Nepal Bhasa, is an umbrella term used to refer to the vernacular and literary form of Nepal Bhasa used prior to the 19th century. [1] The term is most generally used to describe the form of Nepal Bhasa used in manuscripts and other sources ...
v. t. e. The Bhujimol script (or Bhujinmol, Devanagari: भुजिमोल or भुजिंमोल) is the most ancient form of Nepal script. It is also one of the most common varieties of the Nepal alphabet. [2] The Bhujimol script has been used to write Nepal Bhasa and Sanskrit .
The Rañjanā script (Lantsa [ 2 ]) is an abugida writing system which developed in the 11th century [ 3 ] and until the mid-20th century was used in an area from Nepal to Tibet by the Newar people, the historic inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley, to write Sanskrit and Newar (Nepal Bhasa). Nowadays it is also used in Buddhist monasteries in ...
After the 1990 People's Movement that brought the Panchayat system to an end, the languages of Nepal enjoyed greater freedom. [117] The 1990 constitution recognized Nepal as a multiethnic and multilingual country. The Nepali language in the Devanagari script was declared the language of the nation and the official language.
They number more than 170, and are carved in Sanskrit language and Gupta script. [2] [3] Inscriptions from the 14th century onwards, which are the most numerous, are in Newar language (Nepal Bhasa) and Nepal script. [4] The earliest dated inscription in Nepal Bhasa is dated Nepal Era 293 (1173 AD). [5]
Devanāgarī is part of the Brahmic family of scripts of India, Nepal, Tibet, and Southeast Asia. [24][25] It is a descendant of the 3rd century BCE Brāhmī script, which evolved into the Nagari script which in turn gave birth to Devanāgarī and Nandināgarī. Devanāgarī has been widely adopted across India and Nepal to write Sanskrit ...
Newar literature. King Mahindra Malla (reigned 1560–1574) is regarded as the first Nepal Bhasa poet. The Newar language of Nepal has the fourth oldest literature tradition among the Sino-Tibetan languages (after Chinese, Tibetan and Burmese). The earliest known document in Newar is called "The Palmleaf from Uku Bahal" which dates from 1114 ...