What 𑍞 means
It marks anusvara, the Sanskrit nasal marker, in a Vedic text. In the Krishna Yajurveda, one of the Vedic scripture collections, a following consonant cluster signals the Lupta Agama reading; without that cluster, the reading is Agama.
Grantha developed from Brahmi, an earlier South Asian script, through Pallava forms; early Pallava inscriptions show intermediate forms from the fourth century CE. The exact first attestation of this letter remains uncertain as of 2026. Grantha manuscripts dated to the seventeenth century show the script's later manuscript use.
Why do some texts read it differently?
The text tradition and printing convention decide. Some Sāma Veda Gāna printings—the sung portions of the Sāma Veda—use 𑍞 for ordinary anusvara. In those editions, 𑌂, the regular Grantha anusvara sign, can represent the nasal pronounced at the same mouth position as the next consonant; that convention varies across printings.
An isolated 𑍞 signals specialist Vedic or Grantha text; it has no established chat meaning as of 2026.
Do not substitute 𑌂 for 𑍞 in a Vedic transcription; it can erase a reading distinction.
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3 readingsAgama Anusvara reading.
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1Questions people ask
1Why does 𑍞 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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𑍞\1135ECodes and encoding1 code points
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