A Journey Through: "𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘀" 🧵 #Thread 🧵 India didn't simply invent letters, we designed systems to preserve #History across millennia. This thread traces India’s major ancient scripts #Epigraphy #IndicScripts

In the entire ocean of Sanskrit literature… this vowel appears only once. 🤯 Yes, only ONE time — in ONE word. The letter is: ऌ (Ḷ / L̥) What’s wild is: every Indian script has its own symbol for it — ऌ | ঌ | ᬍ | ಌ | ഌ | 𑐈 …but scholars still debate its real pronunciation. One side argues the flow of the Maheshvara Sūtras supports a certain sound: aiuṇ–ṛl̥k… The other side argues Sanskrit always keeps unique sounds for unique letters, so this vowel must have a distinct pronunciation too. And the only word where it appears is: कॢप्त (kḷpta / kl̥pta) = arranged / prepared. 👇 So what do you think? kḷpta or kl̥pta? Comment your pronunciation and share this with a friend who loves Sanskrit. Follow @TheSanskritChannel for more such fascinating sound mysteries. #Sanskrit #LearnSanskrit #SanskritLanguage #SanskritGrammar #MaheshvaraSutras #Panini #SanskritPronunciation #IndicScripts #BharatiyaLipi #Devanagari #KannadaScript #MalayalamScript #BengaliScript #Linguistics #TheSanskritChannel

In the entire ocean of Sanskrit literature… this vowel appears only once. 🤯 Yes, only ONE time — in ONE word. The letter is: ऌ (Ḷ / L̥) What’s wild is: every Indian script has its own symbol for it — ऌ | ঌ | ᬍ | ಌ | ഌ | 𑐈 …but scholars still debate its real pronunciation. One side argues the flow of the Maheshvara Sūtras supports a certain sound: aiuṇ–ṛl̥k… The other side argues Sanskrit always keeps unique sounds for unique letters, so this vowel must have a distinct pronunciation too. And the only word where it appears is: कॢप्त (kḷpta / kl̥pta) = arranged / prepared. 👇 So what do you think? kḷpta or kl̥pta? Comment your pronunciation and share this with a friend who loves Sanskrit. Follow @TheSanskritChannel for more such fascinating sound mysteries. #Sanskrit #LearnSanskrit #SanskritLanguage #SanskritGrammar #MaheshvaraSutras #Panini #SanskritPronunciation #IndicScripts #BharatiyaLipi #Devanagari #KannadaScript #MalayalamScript #BengaliScript #Linguistics #TheSanskritChannel

In the entire ocean of Sanskrit literature… this vowel appears only once. 🤯 Yes, only ONE time — in ONE word. The letter is: ऌ (Ḷ / L̥) What’s wild is: every Indian script has its own symbol for it — ऌ | ঌ | ᬍ | ಌ | ഌ | 𑐈 …but scholars still debate its real pronunciation. One side argues the flow of the Maheshvara Sūtras supports a certain sound: aiuṇ–ṛl̥k… The other side argues Sanskrit always keeps unique sounds for unique letters, so this vowel must have a distinct pronunciation too. And the only word where it appears is: कॢप्त (kḷpta / kl̥pta) = arranged / prepared. 👇 So what do you think? kḷpta or kl̥pta? Comment your pronunciation and share this with a friend who loves Sanskrit. Follow @TheSanskritChannel for more such fascinating sound mysteries. #Sanskrit #LearnSanskrit #SanskritLanguage #SanskritGrammar #MaheshvaraSutras #Panini #SanskritPronunciation #IndicScripts #BharatiyaLipi #Devanagari #KannadaScript #MalayalamScript #BengaliScript #Linguistics #TheSanskritChannel

Type-twitter, check out Anek - probably the only #VariableFont for Indian scripts - released by @EkTypeFoundry . The thin weighted and extended ह is adorable. Congratulations 🎉 github.com/EkType/Anek @ilovetypography #Typography #IndianFonts #VariableFonts #Fonts #IndicScripts

XeLaTex with Harfbuzz: a new approach to typeset Indic books I am pleased to announce the release of the Mahāvīrī LaTeX Source Code under the GNU General Public License. github.com/shreevatsa/latex-… Full announcement in the images. #LaTeX #IndicScripts #Books #Typesetting

"...in which the focus is mainly on non-English speakers in India. Users can share text & multimedia updates. The app has gathered over 100k downloads over Google Play Store" @mayankbidawatka #Koo #Vokal #IndianLanguages #India #Indicscripts @Twitter newsable.asianetnews.com/ind…

A BIG HURRA to these guys who sat next to users a full day to improve the workflow for the developing of #indicscripts fonts! 👏👏👏

Glimpses from Introduction to Type Design at IIT B. A big thank you to all designers, faculty & students who came from across India and active participation. . #indic #type #typedesign #indicscripts #typography #ektype #multilingual #multiscript #malayalam #Lettering #typism #iit

RT to support #IndicScripts on Twitter @HRDMinistry @PrakashJavdekar @narendramodi

In #Kashmir native #Sharada script #BhashaSangam #IndicScripts

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ਢ - Day 19 - #35DaysOfGurmukhi . That's how incremental changes and improvements work. Glass surface, water and inks behave in such fluid ways..wow! 😵 . #GurmukhiByJinesh #LetteringWorkout #CalligraphyPractice #Calligraphy #IndicScripts #Gurmukhi #Pu… ift.tt/2DTA19x

My #ff #followfriday reco: @adikulk @Girishvhp @veejaysai @blog_supplement @a_srinidhi @sridatta_a @RitambaraPrajna @hsraghav @hmvprasanna for #Karnataka #culture #IndicScripts #Kannada #Art #IndianClassicalMusic & #Hoysala stuff

#UTC153 starts today. #Unicode11 #Emoji #CJK #Mongolian #IndicScripts

Continuing with our #IndicScripts series; here are the independent vowels again, and the dependent vowels with theconsonant 'ka'. Enjoy!