Graphical representation of the Saurashtra Unicode block

Saurashtra is a Unicode block containing characters used up to the late 19th century as a primary script for the Saurashtra language. The Saurashtra Unicode encoding supports both traditional and modern Saurashtra orthographies.

Block

Saurashtra[1][2] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+A88xꢀ‎ꢁ‎ꢂ‎ꢃ‎ꢄ‎ꢅ‎ꢆ‎ꢇ‎ꢈ‎ꢉ‎ꢊ‎ꢋ‎ꢌ‎ꢍ‎ꢎ‎ꢏ‎
U+A89xꢐ‎ꢑ‎ꢒ‎ꢓ‎ꢔ‎ꢕ‎ꢖ‎ꢗ‎ꢘ‎ꢙ‎ꢚ‎ꢛ‎ꢜ‎ꢝ‎ꢞ‎ꢟ‎
U+A8Axꢠ‎ꢡ‎ꢢ‎ꢣ‎ꢤ‎ꢥ‎ꢦ‎ꢧ‎ꢨ‎ꢩ‎ꢪ‎ꢫ‎ꢬ‎ꢭ‎ꢮ‎ꢯ‎
U+A8Bxꢰ‎ꢱ‎ꢲ‎ꢳ‎ꢴ‎ꢵ‎ꢶ‎ꢷ‎ꢸ‎ꢹ‎ꢺ‎ꢻ‎ꢼ‎ꢽ‎ꢾ‎ꢿ‎
U+A8Cxꣀ‎ꣁ‎ꣂ‎ꣃ‎꣄‎ꣅ‎꣎‎꣏‎
U+A8Dx꣐‎꣑‎꣒‎꣓‎꣔‎꣕‎꣖‎꣗‎꣘‎꣙‎
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0 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 Saurashtra block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.1U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D981Krishnamoorty, Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda; Everson, Michael (2002-12-03), Proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS
Bhaskararao, Peri (2002-12-03), Comments on L2/03-098
McGowan, Rick (2003-07-15), Saurashtra Character Properties
Jeyakumar, C. K. (2003-08-12), Saurashtra "AAYTAM" character information
Krishnamoorty, Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda; Everson, Michael (2003-08-13), Revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS
Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals
Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Introduction to the Saurashtra Script
Bhaskararao, Peri (2003-08-21), Comments on Proposal to Encode the Saurashtra Script in the UCS
McGowan, Rick (2003-09-17), Saurashtra Script Encoding
, )McGowan, Rick (2004-09-15), Saurashtra Linebreaking and Other Properties
Everson, Michael (2005-08-11), Comments on Saurashtra
Everson, Michael; Krishnamoorty, J. C. (2005-09-21), Final revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS
Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "K. Saurashtra", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)
Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), "Consensus 105-C32", UTC #105 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.10", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
Everson, Michael (2006-03-23), Correction of a Saurashtra character name in PDAM3
Anderson, Deborah; Kai, Ka'ōnohi (2006-04-10), Implementation of the Saurashtra script
Anderson, Deborah; Kai, Ka'ōnohi (2006-04-10), Implementation of the Saurashtra script (N2969R2)
Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "Consensus 107-C32", UTC #107 Minutes, Accept the name of U+A8B4 SAURASHTRA CONSONANT SIGN HAARU.
Ganesan, Naga (2006-07-28), Saurashtran Haaru consonants in Named Sequences list
West, Andrew (2006-07-28), Comments on Capital R Rotunda
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-08-25), "M48.4", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27
9.0U+A8C51Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-07-28), "4", Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals
Rajan, Vinodh (2014-08-07), Proposal to encode Saurashtra Sign Candrabindu
Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Saurashtra Candrabindu (D.5)", UTC #140 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "M63.11o", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63