Sharada is a Unicode block containing historic characters for writing Kashmiri, Sanskrit, and other languages of the northern Indian subcontinent in the 8th to 20th centuries.

Block

Sharada[1] (PDF)
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U+1118x𑆀𑆁𑆂𑆃𑆄𑆅𑆆𑆇𑆈𑆉𑆊𑆋𑆌𑆍𑆎𑆏
U+1119x𑆐𑆑𑆒𑆓𑆔𑆕𑆖𑆗𑆘𑆙𑆚𑆛𑆜𑆝𑆞𑆟
U+111Ax𑆠𑆡𑆢𑆣𑆤𑆥𑆦𑆧𑆨𑆩𑆪𑆫𑆬𑆭𑆮𑆯
U+111Bx𑆰𑆱𑆲𑆳𑆴𑆵𑆶𑆷𑆸𑆹𑆺𑆻𑆼𑆽𑆾𑆿
U+111Cx𑇀𑇁𑇂𑇃𑇄𑇅𑇆𑇇𑇈𑇉𑇊𑇋𑇌𑇍𑇎𑇏
U+111Dx𑇐𑇑𑇒𑇓𑇔𑇕𑇖𑇗𑇘𑇙𑇚𑇛𑇜𑇝𑇞𑇟
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 Sharada block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
6.1U+11180..111C8, 111D0..111D983Pandey, Anshuman (2005-11-21), Request to Allocate the Sharada Script in the Unicode Roadmap
Pandey, Anshuman (2008-01-18), Draft Proposal to Encode the Sharada Script in ISO/IEC 10646
Pandey, Anshuman (2008-05-05), Draft Proposal to Encode the Sharada Script in ISO/IEC 10646
Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "E.3", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes
Pandey, Anshuman (2009-08-05), Proposal to encode the Sharada Script in ISO/IEC 10646
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2010-04-13), "M55.27", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting no. 55, Tokyo 2009-10-26/30
Sharma, Shriramana (2010-09-14), Concerning the Brahmi and Sharada characters for jihvamuliya and upadhmaniya
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2010-10-27), "4. Jihvamuliya and Upadhmaniya characters in Brahmi and Sharada", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
Sharma, Shriramana (2011-07-28), A clear policy on encoding OM characters
Sharma, Shriramana (2012-01-12), Recommendation against use of 111C4 SHARADA OM for now
Anderson, Deborah (2012-01-23), Representation of JIHVAMULIYA and UPADHMANIYA in Sharada
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2012-01-27), "2. SHARADA OM, 3. SHARADA JIHVAMULIYA and UPADHMANIY", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
Sharma, Shriramana (2012-07-06), Annotation for 111C4 SHARADA OM
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2012-07-21), "VII. SHARADA", Review of Indic-related documents and Recommendations to the UTC
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-01-28), "18", Recommendations to UTC on Script Proposals
Pandey, Anshuman (2013-04-25), Request to reallocate some recently-approved Sharada characters
Pournader, Roozbeh (2015-07-28), Candidate characters for Grapheme_Cluster_Break=Prepend
Moore, Lisa (2015-08-11), "Consensus 144-C6", UTC #144 Minutes, Change the Grapheme_Cluster_Break property of the 12 characters listed in L2/15-183R to "Prepend" for Unicode 9.0.
A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2015-10-23), Request to change the representative glyph of Sharada Vowel Signs Vocalic L and Vocalic LL
Moore, Lisa (2016-02-01), "D.3", UTC #146 Minutes
7.0U+111CD1Pandey, Anshuman (2012-05-03), Proposal to encode the SUTRA MARK for Sharada
Moore, Lisa (2012-05-17), "D.4.2", UTC #131 / L2 #228 Minutes
Pandey, Anshuman (2012-08-01), Request for name change for U+111CD SHARADA SUTRA MARK
U+111DA1Pandey, Anshuman (2011-11-02), Proposal to Encode the Sign EKAM for Sharada
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2012-01-27), "1. SHARADA EKAM", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
Moore, Lisa (2012-02-14), "D.4.2", UTC #130 / L2 #227 Minutes
Pandey, Anshuman (2012-07-29), Proposal to Reallocate Sharada EKAM
Anderson, Deborah (2012-08-01), Annotation for SHARADA EKAM in nameslist
Moore, Lisa (2012-08-14), "Consensus 132-C17", UTC #132 Minutes, Move Sharada Ekam from U+111C9 to U+111DA.
, )"M59.16a", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 59, 2012-09-12
8.0U+111C91Pandey, Anshuman (2012-09-27), Proposal to encode the SANDHI MARK for Sharada
Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C14", UTC #133 Minutes
, )"M60.15d", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
Whistler, Ken; Iancu, Laurențiu (2017-07-26), Proposed Property Changes for U+111C9 SHARADA SANDHI MARK
Moore, Lisa (2017-08-11), "Consensus 152-C5", UTC #152 Minutes, Change the properties for U+111C9 SHARADA SANDHI MARK as documented in L2/17-247, for Unicode 11.0.
U+111CA..111CC3Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2012-04-25), "IX. SHARADA", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
Moore, Lisa (2012-08-14), "D.4.4", UTC #132 Minutes
Pandey, Anshuman (2012-08-29), Proposal to Encode Signs for Writing Kashmiri in Sharada
, )"M60.15a", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
U+111DB1Pandey, Anshuman (2012-09-27), Proposal to encode the sign SIDDHAM for Sharada
Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C14", UTC #133 Minutes
, )"M60.15c", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
Moore, Lisa (2013-07-29), "Consensus 136-C14", UTC #136 Minutes, Move characters...
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "9.2.1 Reallocating recently approved characters within the Sharada block", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14
U+111DC1Pandey, Anshuman (2012-09-29), Proposal to encode the HEADSTROKE for Sharada
Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C14", UTC #133 Minutes
, )"M60.15b", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
Moore, Lisa (2013-07-29), "Consensus 136-C14", UTC #136 Minutes, Move characters...
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "9.2.1 Reallocating recently approved characters within the Sharada block", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14
U+111DD1, )Pandey, Anshuman (2012-09-27), Proposal to encode the CONTINUATION SIGN for Sharada
Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C14", UTC #133 Minutes
, )"M60.15e", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
Moore, Lisa (2013-07-29), "Consensus 136-C14", UTC #136 Minutes, Move characters...
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "9.2.1 Reallocating recently approved characters within the Sharada block", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14
U+111DE..111DF2Pandey, Anshuman (2012-09-30), Proposal to encode section marks for Sharada
Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C14", UTC #133 Minutes
, )"M60.15f", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
Moore, Lisa (2013-07-29), "Consensus 136-C14", UTC #136 Minutes, Move characters...
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "9.2.1 Reallocating recently approved characters within the Sharada block", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14
13.0U+111CE1A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2017-10-13), Proposal to encode the Prishthamatra for Sharada
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2017-07-28), "10. Nandinagari", Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Cook, Richard (2018-01-19), "15. Nandinagari", Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2018-05-09), "D.5.2", UTC #155 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2019-01-11), "10.3.4", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 67
U+111CF1Pandey, Anshuman (2017-12-14), Proposal to encode the INVERTED CANDRABINDU for Sharada
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Cook, Richard (2018-01-19), "b. INVERTED CANDRABINDU for Sharada", Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2018-05-09), "D.15", UTC #155 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2019-01-11), "10.3.3", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 67

See also