What 𑱁 means
It separates a phrase, verse, or section in Bhaiksuki writing.
A danda is a boundary mark: this single form marks a smaller text unit, while a double danda can mark a larger one. Traditional danda boundaries do not line up neatly with modern full stops.
what is the history of bhaiksuki script punctuation?
Its trail runs from Buddhist texts to modern manuscript study.
Bhaiksuki is a script descended from Brahmi, an early Indian writing system, and used in eastern South Asia. It is documented in Buddhist manuscripts and inscriptions from about the 10th to the 13th centuries CE. An eleventh-century account by Al-Biruni describes a script used by Buddhist monks.
In November 1884, Cecil Bendall acquired a Bhaiksuki manuscript in Kathmandu, bringing a surviving manuscript into modern study. The danda belongs to a wider punctuation practice in Brahmi-derived scripts; Bhaiksuki's double danda marks a larger text boundary.
Historical and specialist; this mark belongs in Bhaiksuki reading and transcription.
The similar Devanagari danda is a different script-specific character.
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1why does 𑱁 show as a box
The font or app may lack a Bhaiksuki glyph. As of 2026, Noto Sans Bhaiksuki is a documented font with Bhaiksuki coverage; whether another font is used as a fallback depends on the app.
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How to type or find 𑱁
- Search it as
- danda · daṇḍa · Bhaiksuki punctuation · Bhaiksuki script mark · Bhaiksuki font · Bhaiksuki double danda
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𑱁\11C41Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.