What 𑖨 means
It is the Siddham ra consonant, normally read with an a vowel. Siddham is an abugida: each bare consonant normally includes a following a, while a vowel sign changes that vowel and the virama cancels it.
Siddham developed from Brahmi-derived writing. Its name is linked to syllabic charts headed siddham, a Sanskrit word meaning complete or accomplished. Its recognizable script form was in use in northern India in the second half of the first millennium CE. Devanagari belongs to the same broad Brahmi-derived family, though its ra is a different character.
Why did Siddham enter Buddhist writing?
It carried Sanskrit texts and ritual syllables across Asia. Indian Buddhists used Siddham to write Sanskrit; as Buddhism spread, the script appeared in manuscripts in China, Japan, and Korea. In Japanese Shingon and Tendai traditions, the letters are called bonji and appear in sutras (Buddhist scriptures), mantras (ritual formulas), and dharanis (ritual recitations). Some written syllables also serve as seed syllables associated with deities.
How do I type Siddham ra?
Use a Unicode-aware input method that accepts hexadecimal code points. Enter U115A8; the exact keystrokes depend on your device and app.
If the character appears as a box or fallback glyph, the font or text-shaping support may be missing. The underlying text can still be valid.
A Siddham script letter, suited to Siddham text and clearly framed Sanskrit or Buddhist writing.
Do not substitute Devanagari र: it is another script's ra.
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4 readingsRa with its inherent a vowel.
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2Can a Siddham syllable stand for a deity?
Yes. In Japanese esoteric Buddhist ritual, some written syllables serve as seed syllables associated with deities; that role sits alongside their phonetic reading.
Why does my Siddham font show a box?
The app or font may lack Siddham glyph or shaping support; the underlying character can still be valid text.
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- Also called
- Siddham ra · Bonji ra · Siddhamatrika ra
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- Siddham ra meaning · Siddham font · Siddham alphabet · Siddham Buddhist writing · Siddham virama · Siddham vowel signs · Sanskrit in Siddham
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𑖨\115A8Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.