Vedic Extensions

Vedic Extensions
Range U+1CD0..U+1CFF
(48 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Common (15 char.)
Inherited (27 char.)
Symbol sets Vedic tone marks and signs
Assigned 42 code points
Unused 6 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.2 35 (+35)
6.1 39 (+4)
7.0 41 (+2)
10.0 42 (+1)
Note: [1][2]

Vedic Extensions is a Unicode block containing characters for representing tones and other vedic symbols in Devanagari and other Indic scripts.

Block

Vedic Extensions[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1CDx
U+1CEx
U+1CFx      
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 11.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Vedic Extensions block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.2U+1CD0..1CF235L2/00-144Everson, Michael (2000-04-22), Vedic Accents (untitled, undated early draft)
L2/00-178Everson, Michael (2000-04-22), Encoding Vedic Accents
L2/00-155Moore, Lisa (2000-05-31), Comments on Encoding Vedic Accents Proposal
L2/03-066New Proposal for Vedic Characters and Symbols, 2003-02-26
L2/03-067Joshi, R. K. (2003-02-27), Vedic Code Set; a draft
L2/04-398Proposal to encode Vedic accents, etc., 2004-11-12
L2/05-063Vikas, Om (2005-02-07), "Awaiting Updates-Devanagari", Issues in Representation of Indic Scripts in Unicode
L2/05-070McGowan, Rick (2005-02-09), Indic ad hoc report
L2/05-228Muller, Eric (2005-08-11), Analysis of a TDIL proposal for Vedic
L2/06-185Proposal for Encoding of Vedic Characters & Symbols in Unicode, 2006-05-10
L2/06-384Lata, Swaran (2006-10-25), Letter from T. N. Dharmadhikari in support of Vedic repertoire
L2/07-060Scharf, Peter (2007-02-02), Vedic Unicode Workshop Report
L2/07-095RN3235REverson, Michael; Scharf, Peter; Angot, Michel; Chandrashekar, R.; Hyman, Malcolm; Rosenfield, Susan; Sastry, B. V. Venkatakrishna; Witzel, Michael (2007-04-13), Proposal to encode characters for Vedic Sanskrit in the BMP of the UCS
L2/07-230N3290Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter; Angot, Michel; Chandrashekar, R.; Hyman, Malcolm; Rosenfield, Susan; Sastry, B. V. Venkatakrishna; Witzel, Michael (2007-07-26), Revised proposal to encode characters for Vedic Sanskrit in the BMP of the UCS
L2/07-254Bhushan, E. K. Bharat (2007-08-01), Unicode for Vedic Sanskrit (letter to Mark Davis)
L2/07-262Scharf, Peter (2007-08-07), Outline of the development of WG2/n3290 = L2/07-230
L2/07-271Scharf, Peter (2007-08-08), Comparison of proposed characters in Lata 2006 (L2/06-185) with Scharf and Everson WG2/n3290 (L2/07-230)
L2/07-396Joshi, R. K.; Irani, Alka (2007-10-10), Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Character and Symbols in Unicode
L2/07-386Joshi, R. K. (2007-10-17), Comments on Comparison of proposed characters in Lata 2006 (L2/06-185) with Scharf and Everson WG2/n3290 (L2/07-230)
L2/07-388Joshi, R. K. (2007-10-17), Following observations have been made with reference to the document No. L2/07-095 dated: 2007-04-13
L2/07-343N3366Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter; Angot, Michel; Chandrashekar, R.; Hyman, Malcolm; Rosenfield, Susan; Sastry, B. V. Venkatakrishna; Witzel, Michael (2007-10-18), Proposal to encode 55 characters for Vedic Sanskrit in the BMP of the UCS
L2/07-394Scharf, Peter (2007-10-18), Significant differences between L2/07-230 and L2/07-343
L2/07-395Joshi, R. K.; et al. (2007-10-18), Request for feedback on draft proposal for encoding Vaidika characters and symbols in Unicode
L2/07-397Joshi, R. K.; et al. (2007-10-18), Vaidika Vowels and Consonants
L2/07-400Scharf, Peter (2007-10-18), Comments on R. K. Joshi's documents L2/07-386 and L2/07-388
L2/07-401Scharf, Peter (2007-10-18), Equivalences between L2/07-396 and L2/07-343
L2/08-035Scharf, Peter; Rosenfield, Susan J. (2008-01-22), Vedic Revisions 2008 Jan 14, Revisions to N3366 = L2/07-343
L2/08-042Joshi, R. K. (2008-01-23), Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Characters & Symbols in Unicode
L2/08-043Joshi, R. K. (2008-01-28), Vaidika Extensions A & B (Vedic evidence to accompany L2/08-042)
L2/08-092N3385Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter (2008-01-31), Comparison between two Vedic proposals of January 2008
L2/08-097Amendments to L2/08-042, L2/08-043, 2008-01-31
L2/08-050RN3383REverson, Michael; Scharf, Peter (2008-03-06), Summary proposal to encode characters for Vedic in the BMP of the UCS
L2/08-096Joshi, R. K. (2008-02-02), Comparison of L2/08-042 and L2/08-050
L2/08-110Muller, Eric (2008-02-08), South Asia Subcommittee Report
L2/08-137Bhushan, E. K. Bharat (2008-04-09), Letter re Vedic Sanskrit Proposal
L2/08-176N3456RAnderson, Deborah (2008-04-18), Summary of Vedic Characters based on N3385, N3383R, and the Unicode Pipeline
L2/08-196Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Sanskrit Characters & Symbols in the BMP of UCS, 2008-05-05
L2/08-216Scharf, Peter (2008-05-08), Comments on L2/08-196 regarding the encoding of Sanskrit and Vedic
L2/08-214Scharf, Peter; Rosenfield, Susan (2008-05-12), Proposal to encode Vedic Tone Yajurvedic Mid-char Svarita as 1CD4 in the BMP of the UCS
L2/08-219Scharf, Peter; Chandrashekar, R. (2008-05-13), Devanagari examples of Vedic tone Yajurvedic Mid-char Svarita
L2/08-294Scharf, Peter (2008-08-06), Placement of characters in Vedic, Devanagari, and Devanagari Extended blocks
L2/08-327Jain, Manoj (2008-08-14), The Vedic Language
L2/08-273R3N3488R3Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter (2008-08-21), Proposal to encode two characters for Vedic in the UCS
L2/09-067Lata, Swaran (2009-01-28), Encoding of Vaidika Sanskrit Characters & Symbols in the BMP of UCS
L2/09-298Sharma, Shriramana (2009-08-13), Request change name of VEDIC SIGN NIHSHVASA
L2/11-007Sharma, Shriramana (2011-01-15), Request to annotate 1CD8 VEDIC TONE CANDRA BELOW
6.1U+1CF31L2/03-102Vikas, Om (2003-03-04), Unicode Standard for Indic Scripts
L2/03-101.2Proposed Changes in Indic Scripts [Devanagari document], 2003-03-04
L2/09-343N3861Sharma, Shriramana (2009-10-09), Request for encoding 1CF3 ROTATED ARDHAVISARGA
L2/09-404Scharf, Peter (2009-11-02), Feedback on various documents on Vedic
L2/10-234N3861Sharma, Shriramana (2010-07-09), Request for encoding 1CF3 VEDIC SIGN ROTATED ARDHAVISARGA
U+1CF41L2/09-344[lower-alpha 2]N3844Sharma, Shriramana (2009-10-11), Request for encoding 1CF4 VEDIC TONE CANDRA ABOVE
U+1CF5..1CF62L2/10-257N3881Anderson, Deborah; Sharma, Shriramana (2010-07-26), Request to add two characters to the Vedic Extensions block
L2/09-342[lower-alpha 2]Sharma, Shriramana (2010-10-09), Misrepresentation in Unicode of characters related to the Sanskrit sounds Jihvamuliya and Upadhmaniya
L2/17-095A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2017-04-12), Request to change the glyphs of Vedic signs Jihvamuliya and Upadhmaniya
L2/17-255Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Hai, Liang (2017-07-28), "15. Vedic", Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-319A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2017-09-12), Reconsidering the glyph change of Vedic signs Jihvamuliya and Upadhmaniya
L2/17-384Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2017-10-23), Recommendations to UTC #153 October 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-362Moore, Lisa (2017-11-08), "D.10 Reconsidering the glyph change of Vedic signs Jihvamuliya and Upadhmaniya", UTC #153 Minutes
7.0U+1CF8..1CF92L2/11-267RN4134Sharma, Shriramana (2011-07-07), Proposal to encode svara markers for the Jaiminiya Archika
L2/11-326Palaniappan, S. (2011-08-04), Comment on UTC document L2/11-186
10.0U+1CF71L2/15-204Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2015-07-25), "1. Vedic", Recommendations to UTC #144 July 2015 on Script Proposals
L2/15-160RSharma, Shriramana (2015-07-31), Proposal to encode 1CF7 VEDIC SIGN ATIKRAMA
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
  2. 1 2 See also L2/09-404

See also

References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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