U+1CDA "᳚" Vedic Tone Double Svarita Unicode Character

U+1CDA "᳚" Vedic Tone Double Svarita is a diacritical mark used in the ancient Indian textual tradition of the Vedas, specifically within the phonetic notation system known as the Samaveda or Rigveda recitation. It represents a specific melodic pitch pattern where the voice glides in a double, falling-rising tone, often applied to a syllable to indicate a prolonged or complex inflection distinct from the simpler single svarita. This character is part of the Vedic Extensions block and is employed by scholars and practitioners to preserve the correct oral intonation of sacred hymns, ensuring the precise chanting required by Vedic rituals. Its appearance is a small, curved hook-like mark typically placed above or beside a Devanagari or other Indic script character.