单词 | Grantha |
释义 | Grantha|ˈgrʌntə| Also Grantham. [Skr. grantha (see prec.).] A South Indian alphabet used by the Tamil Brahmans for the Sanskrit transcripts of their sacred books.
1874A. C. Burnell Elem. S. Indian Palæogr. ii. 34 The name ‘Grantha’ by which the E. coast variety has been known for some centuries indicates that it was merely used for ‘books’ or literary purposes. 1883I. Taylor Alphabet II. x. 334 Across the whole breadth of India two alphabetic types are superimposed—one was a cursive script..; the other being a literary alphabet, represented in the north by the Devanagari, in the south by the Grantha. 1959V. Cronin Pearl to India vi. 86 One discovery Nobili soon made: Grantham was not, as Europeans thought, a name for Sanskrit, but merely the angular script evolved by the Tamils to write Sanskrit. 1962D. Diringer Writing vi. 147 South-Indian..Grantha. |

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