The Kawi alphabet (Aksara Kawi) originated in Java and was first used in the Singhasari Kingdom in eastern Java during the 8th century AD. After that it spread to across parts of south east Asia and was used until the 16th century AD, particularly in Borneo, Java, Bali and Sumatra.
The Kawi alphabet developed from the Pallava script, which was brought to that region by traders from the Pallava dynasty in south India. It was used mainly to write Sanskrit and Old Javanese, and is the ancestral script of Javanese, Balinese, Baybayin and other scripts of Indonesia and the Philippines.
Download an alphabet chart for Kawi (Excel)
anirodham anutpādam anucchedam aśāśvatam .
anekārtham anānārtham anāgamam anirgamam ..
yaḥ pratītyasamutpādaṃ prapañcopaśamaṃ śivam .
deśayāmāsa saṃbuddhastaṃ vande vadatāṃ varam ...
Source: https://www.aksharamukha.com/describe/Kawi
Information about the Kawi alphabet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawi_alphabet
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksara_Kawi
https://www.aksharamukha.com/describe/Kawi
https://geronimocristobal.com/2020/05/27/de-iconization-in-kawi-and-baybayin-ancient-writing-scripts-of-southeast-asia/
Kawi fonts
https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans+Kawi
Online Kawi keyboard
https://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/kawi.htm
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