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Meanings of devanagari in English

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devanāgarī

A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.

        devanāgarī
        Usage of devanagari in English
        1
        The next will be the small Devanagari, for the Hindostani Scriptures, and next the larger for the Sanskrit.
        The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker & Missionary
        2
        I know nothing of his jail stint except that he wrote more Urdu poetry and learnt the Hindi (Devanagari) script.
        The Guardian
        3
        Of the Devanagari character we have also cast an entire new fount, which is esteemed the most beautiful of the kind in India.
        The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker & Missionary
        4
        The appellation DEVANAGARI is the synonym of, and identical with, the Hermetic and Hieratic NETER-KHARI (divine speech) of the Egyptians.
        Five Years of Theosophy
        5
        (We deny that these or any other characters-whetherDevanagari, Pali, or Dravidian-everused in India, are variations of, or derivatives from, the Phoenician.)
        Five Years of Theosophy
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