diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/sampradaya/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/sampradaya/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..57639d8e6ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/sampradaya/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ lib, runCommand, fetchurl }:
+
+runCommand "sampradaya-2015-05-26" {
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://bitbucket.org/OorNaattaan/sampradaya/raw/afa9f7c6ab17e14bd7dd74d0acaec2f75454dfda/Sampradaya.ttf";
+    sha256 = "0110k1yh5kz3f04wp72bfz59pxjc7p6jv7m5p0rqn1kqbf7g3pck";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/OorNaattaan/sampradaya/;
+    description = "Unicode-compliant Grantha font";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mathnerd314 ];
+    license = licenses.ofl; # See font metadata
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
+''
+  mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
+  cp $src $out/share/fonts/truetype/Sampradaya.ttf
+''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 31c75633994..e66ae9e59b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10632,6 +10632,8 @@ let
     perl = perl516; # syntax error at troffprepro line 49, near "do subst("
   };
 
+  sampradaya = callPackage ../data/fonts/sampradaya { };
+
   shared_mime_info = callPackage ../data/misc/shared-mime-info { };
 
   shared_desktop_ontologies = callPackage ../data/misc/shared-desktop-ontologies { };