What ৲ means
It marks the rupee part of an older Bengali money notation.
The Bengali money notation paired rupees with anna, a smaller currency unit, and the still smaller ganda. In Bengal, the rupee unit could be called rupaya or taka. Halhed's 1778 grammar records the system; it shows the notation was in use by then, not when the mark began.
What changed after decimalization?
Decimal currency made the old notation historical.
India's 1957 shift to decimal currency replaced rupee–anna calculations with digits and modern notation. The companion Bengali signs ৴–৹ write fractional values, while ৻ marks the ganda unit. Together, they show that ৲ belonged to a system of linked currency units. The separate ৳ is the Bengali sign for Bangladeshi taka, not a later font version of ৲.
Historical and archival; a current price needs context because this mark belongs to older notation.
For a modern Bangladeshi taka amount, use ৳ or ordinary decimal notation.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsDon't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does ৲ render differently?
It may be a typeface substitution, not a different character. A 1965 printed Bengali example used the hasanta sign where ৲ was unavailable.
How to type ৲
৲\09F2Codes and encoding1 code points
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