Soyombo script

The Soyombo alphabet was devised by the first Bogd Zhavzandamba, O'ndo'r Gegeen ZANABAZAR (1635-1723), at To'vxen Monastery in 1686. Although this script never came to be widely used, it still has an importance in Mongolia's literary history. The alphabet - whose name is based on the ancient Indian word "Svayambhu", or "holy character created by itself" - contains 90 characters based on the Sanskrit script, and is capable of recording texts in the three main liturgical languages of Mongolia, Tibetan, Sanskrit and Mongolian. Some scholars have suggested that the Soyombo script may also have had a political significance during the period of Manchu domination, as its characters symbolize eternal independence.

See also SOYOMBO.

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