U+11C58 "𑱘" Bhaiksuki Digit Eight Unicode Character

U+11C58 "𑱘" Bhaiksuki Digit Eight is a numeral from the Bhaiksuki script, an ancient abugida historically used in parts of India and Central Asia primarily for writing Sanskrit and related languages, particularly in Buddhist manuscripts from around the 6th to 8th centuries. As a digit, it represents the numeric value eight and belongs to a decimal system, with its glyph featuring a distinctive curved and angular structure typical of Bhaiksuki orthography. This character is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Bhaiksuki block, which was added in version 9.0 released in 2016, to support the digital preservation and scholarly study of this historical writing system. Its inclusion allows for accurate representation of numeric text in Bhaiksuki manuscripts, aiding researchers and linguists working with ancient South Asian documents.