Thursday, 11 August 2016

Getting started with learning Shāradā 


Namaskar, I am trying to revive interest of people in Shāradā and hence the revival of Shāradā for common use . Following is the basic content to get you started.


Varan mala of Shāradā is same as Devanāgri



Shāradā is a writing system used to write Sanskrit etc just like we use Devanāgri now.



First advice is NOT to use pen



Use whiteboard/doodlepad and marker to begin with and later Devanāgri Kalam



I repeat do NOT use pen to start learning



Now following are UTF-8 based Shāradā glyphs, use them to begin with, understand their shape and sound properly, sound is same as Sanskrit.






Fig. 1 - Shāradā consonants


Fig. 2 - Shāradā vowels




Fig. 3 - Shāradā matras


Following is Shāradā and Devanāgri written together, use it as reference , but practice from above UTF images. Draw precisely as shown on UTF images.




Fig. 4 - Shāradā and Devanāgri consonants




Fig. 5 - Shāradā and Devanāgri vowels



Use this and be active, write some words or few words or something daily.




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