U+0AC3 "ૃ" Gujarati Vowel Sign Vocalic R Unicode Character

U+0AC3 "ૃ" Gujarati Vowel Sign Vocalic R is a combining diacritical mark used in the Gujarati script to represent a vocalic r sound, a syllabic consonant that functions as a vowel in linguistic transcription and Sanskrit-derived vocabulary. Positioned beneath a consonant character, this sign modifies the base letter to indicate the vocalic r vowel, which is distinct from the regular consonant r. It is part of the Gujarati Unicode block and is utilized primarily in scholarly or religious contexts for accurately rendering transliterations of Sanskrit and Old Gujarati texts, though it is rarely used in modern Gujarati everyday writing.