Ariyaka

Ian James
© March 2010

script name

The Ariyaka script was created by King Rama IV of Siam in 1833 for use with the Pali language. He established a printing press for the script at Boworniwetsawiharn Temple in Bangkok, and had a small number of texts printed. There is also a cursive (hand-written) version, but sources are very unclear in the details.

Chart of letters

This shows the usual arrangment of Pali letters, as well as some of the punctuation marks used in Ariyaka documents:

chart of Ariyaka letters

Sample text

This example comes from the book Jak Laiseu Thai Su Akhsorn Thai (2008) by Jurairatn Laksanasiri, and is a sign above the gate at Phraram-9-Kanjanaphisek Temple:
example of Pali using Ariyaka

transliteration

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See also: the use of Thai and Lao for writing Pali, and my Akkhara Muni script.

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