U+0965 "॥" Devanagari Double Danda Unicode Character

U+0965 "॥" Devanagari Double Danda is a punctuation mark used in the Devanagari script, primarily to signify the end of a verse, chapter, or major section of text in Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, and other languages written in Devanagari. It functions as a strong delimiter, analogous to a double vertical bar in other scripts, marking a more definitive pause or boundary than a single danda, which indicates a simple sentence or clause break. This character is commonly found in religious and classical literature, such as the Vedas and epic poems, where it helps structure complex textual divisions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0965
Version Added	1.1
Name	Devanagari Double Danda
Block	Devanagari
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	॥
HTML Hex Encoding	॥
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xA5 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0965
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000965
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0965

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Break After
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Bengali Devanagari Dogra Gunjala Gondi Masaram Gondi Grantha Gujarati Gurung Khema Gurmukhi Kannada Limbu Mahajani Malayalam Nandinagari Ol Onal Oriya Khudawadi Sinhala Syloti Nagri Takri Tamil Telugu Tirhuta
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Terminal Punctuation	Yes
Sentence Terminal	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	STerm