U+0951 "॑" Devanagari Stress Sign Udatta Unicode Character

U+0951 "॑" Devanagari Stress Sign Udatta is a diacritical mark used in the Sanskrit and Devanagari scripts to indicate a specific type of high-pitched or raised accent known as udatta, which contrasts with anudatta (low pitch) and svarita (falling pitch) in Vedic chanting and textual recitation. This combining mark, placed above a character, serves as a tonal notation essential for preserving the accurate pronunciation and prosody of ancient Vedic hymns, particularly in the Rigveda and other shruti texts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars, linguists, and practitioners can digitally represent and transmit these subtle phonetic details without loss of the text's original religious and linguistic integrity.