U+11580 "𑖀" Siddham Letter A Unicode Character

U+11580 "𑖀" Siddham Letter A is the first letter of the Siddham script, an ancient abugida historically used in East Asia for writing Buddhist texts in Sanskrit, particularly within esoteric traditions of China, Japan, and Korea. This character represents the inherent vowel 'a' and serves as a foundational glyph from which other syllabic forms are derived through the addition of diacritical marks. Siddham characters like this one were influential in the development of Japanese calligraphy and mantra chanting, often appearing in ritual contexts due to their sacred associations with Buddhist liturgy.