Vedic Extensions 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 ...

containing characters for representing tones and other

vedic upright=1.2, The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the '' Atharvaveda''. The Vedas ( or ; ), sometimes collectively called the Veda, are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed ...

symbols in

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; in script: , , ) is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent. It is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental systems: alphabets, writing system), based on the ancient ''Brāhmī script, Brā ...

and other Indic scripts. Related symbols (also used in many scripts to represent vedic accents) are defined in two other blocks:

(U+0900–U+097F) and Devanagari Extended (U+A8E0–U+A8FF).

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History

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

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