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=== Use in Nepal === Rañjana is mostly used for printing Hindu and Buddhist scriptures and literature in Sanskrit and Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit used by the [[Newar]] community. Rañjana is also in current use for printing "high status" documents (wedding invitations, certificates, etc) in Nepal in the Newar language and for Newar language book titles.<ref name="Proposal-2009">{{Cite web|url=https://unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3649.pdf|title=Preliminary proposal for encoding the Rañjana script in the SMP of the UCS|author=[[Michael Everson]]|date=May 4, 2009|id=n3649}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pnclink.org/annual/annual2000/2000pdf/6-4-2.pdf|title=Preservation of Sanskrit Buddhist Manuscripts in the Kathmandu Valley: Its importance and future|author=Min Bahadur Shakya}}</ref> In Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, it is famously used to write various [[mantra]]s including the "[[Om mani padme hum]]" mantra of [[Avalokiteśvara]], the mantra of [[Tara (Buddhism)|Tara]]: "Om tare tuttare ture svaha", and the mantra of [[Manjusri]]: "Om a ra pa ca na dhi."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.teachingsofthebuddha.com/om_mani_padme_hum.htm|title=Teachings of the Buddha}}{{Sps|date=May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/meaning-of-om-mani-padme-hung.htm|title=Dharma Haven}}{{Sps|date=May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312205010/http://www.geocities.com/ranjanafont/introduction.htm|title=Ranjana font}}{{Sps|date=May 2017}}</ref> The script is also used in Hindu scriptures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/svision/i49.html|title=Asian art}}</ref>
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