Siddham double-ring section mark with rays

It closes a unit in Siddham writing. This Siddham section mark ends a sentence, phrase, verse, or section; it is terminal punctuation.

The mark belongs to a family of section signs. Other forms also mark endings, but each has its own distinct shape.

The history of the Siddham section mark predates Unicode. A manuscript of the Buddhist Heart Sutra preserved at Hōryū-ji temple in Japan, brought from China in the early 7th century, shows other family members. The exact double-ring-with-rays form appears in Jōgon’s 1682 Shittan Sanmitsushō, a manual on Siddham writing.

Why does this section mark have ritual weight?

It marks an ending and may carry Shingon meaning. Siddham manuals describe section marks as terminal signs and as abbreviations for the Sanskrit syllable “aṃ,” a syllable with a nasal ending. In Shingon, a Japanese Buddhist tradition, a mark’s form can also guide interpretation of the preceding mantra or dhāraṇī, a recited Buddhist formula.

Siddham began in India and traveled through Central Asia to China, Japan, and Korea with Sanskrit Buddhist texts. Unicode 17.0 describes its modern use as chiefly ceremonial and ritual in Shingon and Tendai practice. Sharada is its closest script relative; the earlier Siddhamātṛkā script developed into Sharada, Proto-Bengali (Gauḍī), and Nāgarī, other writing systems used in South Asia.

What does it mean when someone sends 𑗐?

Treat it as a Siddham reference until you know the context. As of 2026, an isolated 𑗐 has no established general-chat meaning. Don’t infer a blessing or mood from the glyph alone; ask what Siddham text or tradition the sender means.