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Ra (Indic)
Ra is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ra is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta script, Gupta letter . Most Indic scripts have differing forms of Ra when used in combination with other consonants, including subjoined and repha forms. Some of these are encoded in computer text as separate characters, while others are generated dynamically using conjunct shaping with a virama. Āryabhaṭa numeration Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The values of the different forms of र are: *र = 40 (४०) *रि = 4,000 (४ ०००) *रु = 400,000 (४ ०० ०००) *रृ = 40,000,000 (४ ०० ०० ०००) *रॢ = 4 (४×१०९) *रे = 4 (४×१०११) *रै = 4 (४×१०१३) *रो = 4 (४×१०१५) *रौ = 4 (४×१०१७) Historic Ra There are three differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indic Abugidas
The Brahmic scripts, also known as Indic scripts, are a family of abugida writing systems. They are used throughout the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia. They are descended from the Brahmi script of ancient India and are used by various languages in several language families in South Asia, South, East Asia, East and Southeast Asia: Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan, Dravidian languages, Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman languages, Tibeto-Burman, Mongolic languages, Mongolic, Austroasiatic languages, Austroasiatic, Austronesian languages, Austronesian, and Tai languages, Tai. They were also the source of the Collation, dictionary order (''gojūon'') of Japanese language, Japanese ''kana''. History Brahmic scripts descended from the Brāhmī script, Brahmi script. Brahmi is clearly attested from the 3rd century BCE during the reign of Ashoka, who used the script Edicts of Ashoka, for imperial edicts, but there are some claims of Early Indian epigraphy, earli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Rai
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Re
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Rrr
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Rr
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Ruu
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Ru
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Rii
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Ri
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Raa
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gupta Gujarat R
Gupta () is a common surname or last name of Indian origin. It is based on the Sanskrit word गोप्तृ ''goptṛ'', which means 'guardian' or 'protector'. According to historian R. C. Majumdar, the surname ''Gupta'' was adopted by several different communities in northern and eastern India at different times. In Bengal The Rāmpāl plate of Srichandra mentions a line of Brahmins who had Gupta as their surname. In Bengal region, the surname is found among Baidyas (mainly) as well as Kayasthas. In Northern India The Gupta surname is also used by Banias and Jains in the northern part of India. Notables Monarchs *Gupta (king), founder of the Gupta dynasty *Ghatotkacha (king) *Chandragupta I *Samudragupta * Chandragupta II, also known as Chandragupta Vikramaditya *Kumaragupta I *Skandagupta, last Gupta emperor *Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire) *Budhagupta Academic *Akhil Gupta (born 1959), professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the field of soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
