U+1163E "𑘾" Modi Sign Visarga Unicode Character

U+1163E "𑘾" Modi Sign Visarga is a diacritical mark used in the Modi script, which was historically employed to write the Marathi language primarily during the 17th to 20th centuries in the Maratha Empire. This sign represents the visarga, a phonetic feature in Sanskrit and other related languages that denotes a voiceless glottal fricative sound, typically transliterated as "ḥ". In the Modi script, the visarga appears as a distinct glyph placed after a consonant or vowel symbol to indicate this specific breathy release at the end of a syllable. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent the historical and liturgical texts written in Modi, supporting ongoing research and cultural heritage efforts.