U+0AE3 "ૣ" Gujarati Vowel Sign Vocalic Ll Unicode Character

U+0AE3 "ૣ" Gujarati Vowel Sign Vocalic Ll is a combining diacritical mark used in the Gujarati script to represent a vocalic lateral consonant sound, specifically a long vocalic "ll" (a syllabic /l̩ː/) that occurs in Sanskrit loanwords and scholarly transliterations. This character is classified as a vowel sign and is placed after a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel, indicating a prolonged and syllabic pronunciation of the lateral sound rather than a standalone vowel. As part of the Gujarati Unicode block, it supports the accurate representation of certain classical and liturgical texts where such phonetic distinctions are preserved, though it is rarely used in modern Gujarati writing.