[INDOLOGY] Etymology of the word"Devnagari"

[Dan Lusthaus]

From Wikipedia:

Devanāgarī is a compound of deva <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)> (देव) and nāgarī <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%81gar%C4%AB_script> (नागरी). Deva means "heavenly", "divine", or "deity".[20] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari#cite_note-monier-21> Nāgarī comes from नगरम् nagaram, a Sanskrit word meaning "town". Hence, devanāgarī can be translated as “from the abode of divinity"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari>

Dan

> On Mar 24, 2023, at 10:41 PM, alakendu das via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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> Reverred Scholars,
> I was searching about  the etymology of the word'Devnagari".
> Can anybody enlighten me on this .?
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> Alakendu Das. 
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