Siddham is a
Unicode block
A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes (code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, proposals such as the ad ...
containing characters for the historical,
Brahmi
Brahmi (; ; ISO: ''Brāhmī'') is a writing system of ancient South Asia. "Until the late nineteenth century, the script of the Aśokan (non-Kharosthi) inscriptions and its immediate derivatives was referred to by various names such as 'lath' o ...
-derived
Siddham script Siddham may refer to:
*Siddhaṃ script, an alphabet and numeral script that originated and was used in India; now used in East Asia only
*Siddham (Unicode block)
Siddham is a Unicode block containing characters for the historical, Brahmi
Br ...
used for writing Sanskrit between the years c. 550 – c. 1200.
Block
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Siddham block:
References
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Unicode blocks