Devanagari Extended is a Unicode block containing cantillation marks for writing the Samaveda, and nasalization marks for the Devanagari script.

Block

Devanagari Extended[1] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+A8Ex
U+A8Fx
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0

History

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

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.2U+A8E0..A8FB28Everson, Michael (2000-04-22), Vedic Accents (untitled, undated early draft)
Everson, Michael (2000-04-22), Encoding Vedic Accents
Moore, Lisa (2000-05-31), Comments on Encoding Vedic Accents Proposal
New Proposal for Vedic Characters and Symbols, 2003-02-26
Joshi, R. K. (2003-02-27), Vedic Code Set; a draft
Vikas, Om (2003-03-04), Unicode Standard for Indic Scripts
Proposed Changes in Indic Scripts [Devanagari document], 2003-03-04
Proposal to encode Vedic accents, etc., 2004-11-12
Vikas, Om (2005-02-07), "Awaiting Updates-Devanagari", Issues in Representation of Indic Scripts in Unicode
McGowan, Rick (2005-02-09), Indic ad hoc report
Moore, Lisa (2005-05-16), "Scripts - Indic (C.12)", UTC #102 Minutes
Muller, Eric (2005-08-11), Analysis of a TDIL proposal for Vedic
Proposal for Encoding of Vedic Characters & Symbols in Unicode, 2006-05-10
Lata, Swaran (2006-10-25), Letter from T. N. Dharmadhikari in support of Vedic repertoire
Scharf, Peter (2007-02-02), Vedic Unicode Workshop Report
Everson, 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
Everson, 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
Bhushan, E. K. Bharat (2007-08-01), Unicode for Vedic Sanskrit (letter to Mark Davis)
Scharf, Peter (2007-08-07), Outline of the development of WG2/n3290 = L2/07-230
Scharf, Peter (2007-08-08), Comparison of proposed characters in Lata 2006 (L2/06-185) with Scharf and Everson WG2/n3290 (L2/07-230)
Muller, Eric (2007-08-10), "11", Report of the South Asia subcommittee
Joshi, R. K.; Irani, Alka (2007-10-10), Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Character and Symbols in Unicode
Joshi, 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)
Joshi, R. K. (2007-10-17), Following observations have been made with reference to the document No. L2/07-095 dated: 2007-04-13
Everson, 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
Scharf, Peter (2007-10-18), Significant differences between L2/07-230 and L2/07-343
Joshi, R. K.; et al. (2007-10-18), Request for feedback on draft proposal for encoding Vaidika characters and symbols in Unicode
Joshi, R. K.; et al. (2007-10-18), Vaidika Vowels and Consonants
Scharf, Peter (2007-10-18), Comments on R. K. Joshi's documents L2/07-386 and L2/07-388
Scharf, Peter (2007-10-18), Equivalences between L2/07-396 and L2/07-343
Moore, Lisa (2007-10-25), "Consensus 113-C19", UTC #113 Minutes
Scharf, Peter; Rosenfield, Susan J. (2008-01-22), Vedic Revisions 2008 Jan 14, Revisions to N3366 = L2/07-343
Joshi, R. K. (2008-01-23), Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Characters & Symbols in Unicode
Joshi, R. K. (2008-01-28), Vaidika Extensions A & B (Vedic evidence to accompany L2/08-042)
Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter (2008-01-31), Comparison between two Vedic proposals of January 2008
Amendments to L2/08-042, L2/08-043, 2008-01-31
Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter (2008-03-06), Summary proposal to encode characters for Vedic in the BMP of the UCS
Joshi, R. K. (2008-02-02), Comparison of L2/08-042 and L2/08-050
Muller, Eric (2008-02-08), South Asia Subcommittee Report
Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), "Vedic", UTC #114 Minutes
Anderson, Deborah (2008-04-18), Summary of Vedic Characters based on N3385, N3383R, and the Unicode Pipeline
Proposal for Encoding of Vaidika Sanskrit Characters & Symbols in the BMP of UCS, 2008-05-05
Scharf, Peter (2008-05-08), Comments on L2/08-196 regarding the encoding of Sanskrit and Vedic
Scharf, Peter (2008-08-06), Placement of characters in Vedic, Devanagari, and Devanagari Extended blocks
Muller, Eric (2008-08-11), "1.2, 1.3", South Asia Subcommittee Report
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.18", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52
Moore, Lisa (2008-08-19), "Vedic (B.15.2, E.1)", UTC #116 Minutes
Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter (2008-08-21), Proposal to encode two characters for Vedic in the UCS
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.03", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53
Lata, Swaran (2009-01-28), Encoding of Vaidika Sanskrit Characters & Symbols in the BMP of UCS
8.0U+A8FC1Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2012-04-25), "VIII. DEVANAGARI", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
Pandey, Anshuman (2012-05-03), Proposal to Encode the Sign SIDDHAM for Devanagari
Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C13", UTC #133 Minutes
, )"M60.17", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
U+A8FD1Pandey, Anshuman (2013-04-25), Proposal to Encode the Sign JAIN OM for Devanagari in ISO/IEC 10646
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-04-26), "8", Recommendations to UTC on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2013-06-12), "D.2", UTC #135 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "10.3.9 Jain Om for Devanagar", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14
11.0U+A8FE..A8FF2Pandey, Anshuman (2015-12-07), Proposal to encode the Devanagari letter and vowel sign AY
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-01-22), "2. Devanagari", Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2016-02-01), "D.7", UTC #146 Minutes

See also

  • Devanagari in Unicode