U+1CD6 "᳖" Vedic Tone Yajurvedic Independent Svarita Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1CD6 "᳖" Vedic Tone Yajurvedic Independent Svarita is a diacritical mark used in the ancient Indian textual tradition of the Yajurveda, one of the four canonical Vedas of Hinduism. It represents a specific pitch accent known as the independent svarita, which indicates a falling tone that is not dependent on a preceding udatta or high-pitched syllable. This character belongs to the Vedic Extensions block of Unicode and is employed by scholars and practitioners to preserve the precise phonetic recitation of Vedic mantras, ensuring that the tonal nuances required for ritual accuracy and oral transmission are maintained in digital texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CD6 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Vedic Tone Yajurvedic Independent Svarita |
| Block | Vedic Extensions |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᳖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᳖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB3 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1CD6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001CD6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1cd6 |