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There are several similarities between Nandinagari and Devanagari in terms of character repertoire, glyphic representation, and structure (see the comparison in table 1). However, Nandinagari differs fromDevanagari in the shapes of character glyphs, the lack of a connecting headline, and, particularly, in the rendering of consonant conjuncts (see figures 14–18; note the shapes of kṣa and jña, and the form of ya as C2). There are also several styles of Nandinagari, which are to be treated as variant forms of the script. As such, Nandinagari cannot be considered a stylistic variant of Devanagari and the various styles of Nandinagari cannot be properly classified as variants of Devanagari. The independent status of Nandinagari is perhaps best articulated by Saraju Rath, who writes: