Brahmi Letter Vocalic L

It writes a rare Sanskrit vowel whose syllable is made by l.

In Brahmi, an independent vowel stands on its own; a dependent vowel sign joins a consonant. The matching dependent sign is 𑁀. A Sanskrit dictionary records ḷ in only some forms of the root √kḷp; √ marks a root, the base form used to group related words.

Brahmi's earliest securely decipherable inscriptions include Emperor Ashoka’s edicts from the third century BCE, written in Prakrit; Sanskrit inscriptions came later. Brahmi later developed into Gupta, Siddham, Nāgarī, and southern script traditions.