U+1131D "𑌝" Grantha Letter Jha Unicode Character

U+1131D "𑌝" Grantha Letter Jha is a character from the Grantha script, an ancient South Indian abugida historically used to write Sanskrit, Tamil, and Manipravalam in scholarly and religious contexts. This particular grapheme represents the aspirated voiced palatal stop consonant /dʒʱ/, analogous to the sound of "jh" in English "mahjong," and is a key component in transliterating Sanskrit texts and mantras. While the Grantha script has largely been supplanted by modern scripts like Tamil and Malayalam for everyday use, it remains significant for the preservation of Vedic literature, classical scholarship, and traditional palm-leaf manuscripts. The letter appears in the Unicode Standard within the Grantha block, supporting digital encoding for academic research, digital humanities projects, and authentic rendering of historical documents in modern computing environments.