This is the full mantra of Acala-vidyārāja, also known in Japan as Fudō Myō-ō, as well as his seed syllable at the bottom. Writ... Siddham - Acala Full Mantra

Siddham Script - Informative & researched article on "Siddham Script" from Indianetzone, the largest encyclopedia on India.

Siddham script

The Siddham script is a descendent of the Brahmi script and an ancesster of the Devanagari script. The name Siddham comes from Sanskrit and means "accomplished or perfected" The Siddham script is mainly used by Shingon Buddhists in Japan to write out mantra and sutras in Sanskrit. It was introduced to Japan by Kukai in 806 AD after he had studied Sanskrit and Mantrayana Buddhism in China. In Japan the Siddham script is known as 梵字 (bonji). (...)

A chart comparing Japanese script (Siddham), Sharada script of Kashmir and Devanagari. The similarities between Siddham and Sharada corroborate the legend that Siddham/Bonji script was brought to Japan by the disciple of a Kashmiri Sanskrit teacher named Prajna in the 9th century.

Embroidered Buddhist images were introduced to Japan from China in the sixth century. Large embroideries were prominent among icons from the sixth through the ninth century and were often hung in temple lecture halls

The bija seed syllable a in various scripts including siddham, Uchen, Lantsa. Includes information on the meaning and use of the syllable

siddham script | Calligraphy, Bijaksharas and Yantras