Lanydza script

Lanydza (lanydza / ལཉྫ་) is an ornate Brahmic script derivative still used by Tibetans, Nepalese and Bhutanese to write Sanskrit. It is derived from Ranjana and is closely related to Wartu script.

Uses

Many of the Buddhist Sanskrit palm-leaf and birch-bark manuscripts brought to Tibet from India and Nepal were written in the ornate script the Tibetans call Lanydza.

Today the Lanydza script is still used used to write fine manuscripts of some Sanskrit Buddhist texts such as the Mañjusrinama-samgiti, the Diamond Sutra, and the 8,000 line Prajñāpāramitā sutra. The Lanydza script is also found in manuscripts and printed editions of some Sanskrit-Tibetan lexicons like the Mahāvyutpatti. However the most frequent use for this script today is on the title pages of Tibetan texts, where the Sanskrit title is often written in Lanydza , followed by a translitteration and translation in the Tibetan script. The script is also used decoratively on temple walls, on the outside of prayer wheels; as well as in in drawing mandalas.

The Lanydza script is essentially the same as what in Nepal is known as the Ranjana script.

Alternative spellings:

*Lantsa
*Lantsha
*Lentsa
*Lendza

ee also

*Ranjana script

External links

* [http://www.lantsha-vartu.org/lantshascript/index.html Lantsha script]

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