U+115BD "𑖽" Siddham Sign Anusvara Unicode Character

U+115BD "𑖽" Siddham Sign Anusvara is a diacritical mark used in the Siddham script, an historical abugida employed primarily for writing Buddhist texts in East Asia, particularly in Japan and China. This sign represents a nasalization or a homorganic nasal sound that follows a vowel, functioning similarly to the anusvara found in other Brahmic scripts. It is typically written as a small circle or dot above the horizontal headstroke of a syllable. In Siddham, the anusvara is crucial for accurately transcribing Sanskrit phonetics and for the ritualistic chanting of mantras. The character belongs to the Siddham block of Unicode, which was added to the standard to support the preservation and digital representation of this ancient script.