Editing Calligraphy (section)

==South Asia==
{{main|Indian calligraphy}}
[[File:Page from the Anandpuri Marco Bir of the Dasam Granth 01.jpg|thumb|Sikh Calligraphy in the Gurmukhi Script]]
The preservation of [[religious text]]s is the most common purpose for Indian calligraphy. [[Monastic]] Buddhist communities had members trained in calligraphy and shared responsibility for duplicating sacred scriptures.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Salomon |first=Richard |title=Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1998 |isbn=978-0195099843 |location=Oxford, New York}}</ref> [[Jainism|Jaina]] traders incorporated illustrated manuscripts celebrating Jaina saints. These manuscripts were produced using inexpensive material, like palm leaves and birch, with fine calligraphy.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mitter |first=Partha |title=Indian Art |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2001 |isbn=9780192842213 |location=Oxford, New York |pages=100}}</ref>

[[File:Budha in Samrup Rachna Calligraphy by Dr Syed Mohammed Anwer.jpg|thumb|Budha in [[Samrup Rachna]] Calligraphy by Syed Mohammed Anwer]]

===Nepal===
Nepalese calligraphy is primarily created using the [[Ranjana script]]. The script itself, along with its derivatives (like [[Lanydza Script|Lantsa]], [['Phags-pa script|Phagpa]], [[Kutila]]) are used in [[Nepal]], [[Tibet]], [[Bhutan]], [[Leh]], [[Mongolia]], coastal Japan, and Korea to write "[[Om mani padme hum]]" and other sacred [[Buddhist texts]], mainly those derived from [[Sanskrit]] and [[Pali]].{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}