U+0D8D "ඍ" Sinhala Letter Iruyanna Unicode Character

U+0D8D "ඍ" Sinhala Letter Iruyanna is a distinctive vowel letter used in the Sinhala script, representing the sound of a long, retroflex vocalic "l" or a specific diphthongal quality in scholarly transcriptions of ancient Pali and Sanskrit texts. It is classified as a dependent vowel letter that typically requires a consonant base to form a full syllable, and its primary usage appears in historical or liturgical contexts rather than modern colloquial Sinhala. The character is encoded in the Sinhala block of Unicode, reflecting its unique role in preserving the phonetic precision of classical Indo-Aryan languages transcribed into Sinhala writing.