U+1CEB "" Vedic Sign Anusvara Vamagomukha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Devanagari Source: Browser Default

U+1CEB "" Vedic Sign Anusvara Vamagomukha is a diacritical mark used in the Vedic Sanskrit textual tradition, specifically within the Yajurveda recensions. It is appended to syllables to denote a nasalized pronunciation, but its name "Vamagomukha" refers to the shape of the sign, which resembles a cow's mouth turned to the left, a description rooted in ancient phonetic treatises. This character belongs to the Vedic Extensions Unicode block and serves as a specialized orthographic tool for preserving the precise chanting and phonological rules of the Vedas.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ᳫ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᳫ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xB3 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1CEB
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001CEB
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1ceb