Grantha
/ˈɡrʌntə
/noun [mass noun]
A southern Indian alphabet dating from the 5th century ad, used by Tamil brahmans for the Sanskrit transcriptions of their sacred books.One such manuscript in Sanskrit written in Grantha script is of the Ramayan....
- Consider, for example, that the King has his own brahmin priest of Thai ancestry, or that the Thai script is based upon the South Indian Grantha script.
- Tamil has two written forms - Vattelluttu (round script) which is used for everyday, and Grantha, a traditional script.
Origin
From Sanskrit grantha (see Adi Granth).