U+119C5 "𑧅" Nandinagari Letter Bha Unicode Character

U+119C5 "𑧅" Nandinagari Letter Bha is a glyph representing the aspirated bilabial consonant "bha" in the Nandinagari script, an ancient Brahmic writing system historically used to write Sanskrit, Marathi, and occasionally Kannada across parts of South India. This character belongs to the Nandinagari Unicode block, which was added to the standard in 2018 to support epigraphical and manuscript texts, particularly those found in temple inscriptions and palm‑leaf documents from the medieval Deccan region. Its visual design typically features a distinctive curved top stroke and a vertical stem, reflecting the flowing calligraphic style common to Nandinagari. The addition of this character helps scholars digitally preserve and study the linguistic and historical records written in this script.