U+A8F7 "ꣷ" Devanagari Sign Candrabindu Avagraha Unicode Character

U+A8F7 "ꣷ" Devanagari Sign Candrabindu Avagraha is a combining diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script to indicate a nasalized vowel sound that also involves an elision or hiatus. It functions as a variant of the standard candrabindu (a dot above a crescent) but is specifically paired with the avagraha, which typically marks the contraction or omission of a vowel in Sanskrit and related languages. This sign is employed in certain orthographic traditions to represent a precise phonetic nuance where nasalization occurs across a syllable boundary, often in Vedic or classical texts, and it is classified under the Devanagari Extended Unicode block for specialized script usage.