What ꣧ means
It marks a short recitation within the sung chant.
Vedic cantillation is written guidance for chanting. Other combining digits mark tone, length, and similar features in recited Sāmaveda texts and sung Sāmagāna.
Specialist notation for Sāmaveda chant texts.
It marks recitation, not a count of seven.
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Who writes ꣧
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1Why does ꣧ appear above a syllable?
Text places this combining mark after its syllable; a suitable font renders it above.
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How to type or find ꣧
- Also called
- vaidika saamasvara anka sapta
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- Sāmaveda · Sāmagāna · abhigīta · Vedic chant marks · cantillation
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\A8E7How to type ꣧
On the Sanskrit Documents Vedic keyboard, press 7 then ; its Right Ctrl layout maps the same mark without .
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
꣧
HTML hex
꣧
CSS content
content: "\A8E7";
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URL encoded
%EA%A3%A7
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