Brahmi letter vocalic rr

In Sanskrit, it is the long counterpart of the syllabic-r vowel.

Sanskrit treats ṛ as a syllabic r vowel; ṝ is its longer form. The long form appears in a narrow set of grammatical forms, including certain plurals of noun stems ending in ṛ. So 𑀌 marks one rare vowel sound, not two r consonants.

Early Brahmi inscriptions were predominantly in Prakrit. Dated sherds at Anuradhapura attest Brahmi by the beginning of the fourth century BCE; the Aśokan edicts are the earliest decipherable inscriptions in India, from the third century BCE. Sanskrit became the predominant language of Indian epigraphy by the fourth century CE. A Unicode proposal says rare independent vowels and their dependent signs hardly appear in ordinary written texts.

Standalone letter or attached vowel sign?

Write 𑀌 on its own; the attached sign goes with a consonant.

An independent vowel letter stands by itself. A dependent vowel sign attaches to a consonant, so it cannot replace the independent letter. Do not reconstruct the sign’s syllable by combining a consonant, virama, and 𑀌.

Brahmi letter shapes changed across its Old, Middle, and Late periods. A font’s outline reflects a script style, not one frozen ancient drawing.

How do I type the exact letter?

Enter U+1100C as a hexadecimal value in a Unicode picker. If the letter appears as a box, choose a font with Brahmi coverage; the text may already be correct.