![]() ![]() Two Tulu epics named Sri Bhagavato and Kaveri from the 17th century were also written in the same script. The various inscriptions of Tulu from the 15th century are in the Tigalari script. The oldest record of the usage of this script found in a stone inscription at the Sri Veeranarayana temple in Kulashekara here is in complete Tigalari/Tulu script and Tulu language and belongs to the 1159 A.D. It bears high similarity and relationship to its sister script Malayalam, which also evolved from the Grantha script. It is called as Tigalari lipi in Kannada-speaking regions ( Malnad region) and Tulu speakers call it as Tulu lipi. It was primarily used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit. Tigalari ( Tigaḷāri lipi, tulu lipi) is a Southern Brahmic script which was used to write Tulu, Kannada, and Sanskrit languages. ![]()
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