Bhaiksuki Digit Four

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𑱔 is the Bhaiksuki digit 4, representing the decimal value four. Bhaiksuki developed from Brahmi, an older South Asian writing system, and was used from about the 10th to the 13th centuries CE, mainly in what are now Bihar, West Bengal, and northern Bangladesh. Surviving examples are Buddhist manuscripts and inscriptions.

Its original name was Saindhavī. After the script entered scholarly study in the late 19th century, scholars used Bhaiksuki or the descriptive name Arrow-headed. In Tibet, the label Sindhura had been used for at least three centuries by 2014. Bhaiksuki letters are compared with those of Siddham, Sharada, and Devanagari, showing script-level parallels rather than a direct source for this digit.

Why are there two fours in Bhaiksuki?

They have the same value but different roles.

The separate sign 𑱝 belongs to Bhaiksuki’s number notation. For multi-unit numbers, the notation places one unit per vertical line, with the largest first, so 𑱔 is not interchangeable with 𑱝.