U+1CDE "᳞" Vedic Tone Two Dots Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᳞
U+1CDE "᳞" Vedic Tone Two Dots Below is a diacritical mark used in the Vedic Sanskrit tradition to denote a specific pitch accent or tonal quality for chanting or recitation. It appears as two dots placed horizontally beneath a character, indicating a distinct modulative pattern in the ancient oral performance of sacred texts. This mark is part of a larger set of Vedic tone signs that help preserve the precise phonetic and melodic delivery of the Vedas, which are among the oldest known scriptures in Indian culture. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital representations of these ritual texts can maintain their liturgical accuracy and scholarly integrity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CDE |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Vedic Tone Two Dots Below |
| 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 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1CDE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001CDE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1cde |