From Wikipedia:

Devanāgarī is a compound of deva (देव) and nāgarī (नागरी). Deva means "heavenly", "divine", or "deity".[20] 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

Dan

On Mar 24, 2023, at 10:41 PM, alakendu das via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Reverred Scholars,
I was searching about  the etymology of the word'Devnagari".
Can anybody enlighten me on this .?
Regards
Alakendu Das. 


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