U+A8C5 "ꣅ" Saurashtra Sign Candrabindu Unicode Character

U+A8C5 "ꣅ" Saurashtra Sign Candrabindu is a diacritical mark used in the Saurashtra script, which is employed for writing the Saurashtra language primarily in Tamil Nadu, India. This sign, a combination of a crescent moon shape (candra) and a dot (bindu), indicates nasalization or a nasalized vowel sound in the syllable above which it is placed. It functions similarly to the candrabindu diacritic in other Brahmi-derived scripts, modifying the vowel's pronunciation by adding a distinctly nasal quality, though its specific usage follows the orthographic conventions of the Saurashtra writing system.