Graphical representation of the Vedic Extensions Unicode block

Vedic Extensions is a Unicode block containing characters for representing tones and other vedic symbols in Devanagari and other Indic scripts. Related symbols (also used in many scripts to represent vedic accents) are defined in two other blocks: Devanagari (U+0900–U+097F) and Devanagari Extended (U+A8E0–U+A8FF).

Block

Vedic Extensions[1][2] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+1CDx
U+1CEx
U+1CFx
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 Vedic Extensions block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.2U+1CD0..1CF235Everson, 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
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
Bhushan, E. K. Bharat (2008-04-09), Letter re Vedic Sanskrit Proposal
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; Rosenfield, Susan (2008-05-12), Proposal to encode Vedic Tone Yajurvedic Mid-char Svarita as 1CD4 in the BMP of the UCS
Muller, Eric (2008-05-12), "1.2, 1.3, 1.10, 1.11", South Asia Subcommittee Report - Monday May 12, 2008
Scharf, Peter; Chandrashekar, R. (2008-05-13), Devanagari examples of Vedic tone Yajurvedic Mid-char Svarita
Scharf, Peter (2008-08-06), Placement of characters in Vedic, Devanagari, and Devanagari Extended blocks
Muller, Eric (2008-08-11), "1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7", South Asia Subcommittee Report
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.18", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52
Jain, Manoj (2008-08-14), The Vedic Language
Everson, Michael; Scharf, Peter (2008-08-21), Proposal to encode two characters for Vedic in the UCS
Moore, Lisa (2008-11-05), "Vedic", UTC #115 Minutes
, )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
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.03a", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "Consensus 119-C19", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes, Approve the name changes in section A, B, and C of document L2/09-177... [U+1CD4]
Sharma, Shriramana (2009-08-13), Request change name of VEDIC SIGN NIHSHVASA
Sharma, Shriramana (2011-01-15), Request to annotate 1CD8 VEDIC TONE CANDRA BELOW
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2011-02-02), "1. Vedic", Review of Indic related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2017-12-08), Changes to ScriptExtensions.txt for Indic characters for Unicode 11.0
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Cook, Richard (2018-01-19), "ScriptExtensions.txt changes for Indic", Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2018-03-19), "Action item 154-A120", UTC #154 Minutes, Make script extension changes in version 11.0 as documented in section 6B, pages 6-9 of L2/18-039.
A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2018-03-06), Proposed Property Changes for Ardhavisargas
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Chapman, Chris; Cook, Richard (2018-04-28), "7. Vedic", Recommendations to UTC #155 April-May 2018 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2018-05-09), "D.11 Proposed Property Changes for Ardhavisargas", UTC #155 Minutes
A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2018-11-18), Extending the ScriptExtensions property of Ardhavisarga for Oriya
Moore, Lisa (2019-02-08), "B.14.8 Extending the ScriptExtensions property of Ardhavisarga for Oriya", UTC #158 Minutes
6.1U+1CF31Vikas, Om (2003-03-04), Unicode Standard for Indic Scripts
Proposed Changes in Indic Scripts [Devanagari document], 2003-03-04
Sharma, Shriramana (2009-10-09), Request for encoding 1CF3 ROTATED ARDHAVISARGA
Scharf, Peter (2009-11-02), Feedback on various documents on Vedic
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2010-05-05), "2", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
Moore, Lisa (2010-05-19), "Consensus 123-C30", UTC #123 / L2 #220 Minutes, Accept U+1CF3 VEDIC SIGN ROTATED ARDHAVISARGA with general category "Mc" for encoding in a future version of the standard.
Sharma, Shriramana (2010-07-09), Request for encoding 1CF3 VEDIC SIGN ROTATED ARDHAVISARGA
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2010-08-06), "Vedic Rotated Ardhavisarga", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
, )"M57.02b", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2018-03-06), Proposed Property Changes for Ardhavisargas
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Chapman, Chris; Cook, Richard (2018-04-28), "7. Vedic", Recommendations to UTC #155 April-May 2018 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2018-05-09), "D.11 Proposed Property Changes for Ardhavisargas", UTC #155 Minutes
U+1CF41Moore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "E.4", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes
Sharma, Shriramana (2009-10-11), Request for encoding 1CF4 VEDIC TONE CANDRA ABOVE
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2010-05-05), "3", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
Moore, Lisa (2010-05-19), "Consensus 123-C31", UTC #123 / L2 #220 Minutes
, )"M57.02b", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2017-12-08), Changes to ScriptExtensions.txt for Indic characters for Unicode 11.0
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Cook, Richard (2018-01-19), "ScriptExtensions.txt changes for Indic", Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2018-03-19), "Action item 154-A120", UTC #154 Minutes, Make script extension changes in version 11.0 as documented in section 6B, pages 6-9 of L2/18-039.
U+1CF5..1CF62Anderson, Deborah; Sharma, Shriramana (2010-07-26), Request to add two characters to the Vedic Extensions block
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2010-08-06), "Two Vedic characters", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
Moore, Lisa (2010-08-23), "D.4", UTC #124 / L2 #221 Minutes
Sharma, Shriramana (2010-10-09), Misrepresentation in Unicode of characters related to the Sanskrit sounds Jihvamuliya and Upadhmaniya
, )"M57.02b", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2017-04-12), Request to change the glyphs of Vedic signs Jihvamuliya and Upadhmaniya
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2017-07-28), "15. Vedic", Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2017-08-11), "D.6.2", UTC #152 Minutes
A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2017-09-12), Reconsidering the glyph change of Vedic signs Jihvamuliya and Upadhmaniya
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2017-10-22), "9. Vedic", Recommendations to UTC #153 October 2017 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "D.10 Reconsidering the glyph change of Vedic signs Jihvamuliya and Upadhmaniya", UTC #153 Minutes
7.0U+1CF8..1CF92Sharma, Shriramana (2011-07-07), Proposal to encode svara markers for the Jaiminiya Archika
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2011-07-27), "1. Vedic", South Asian subcommittee report
Palaniappan, S. (2011-08-04), Comment on UTC document L2/11-186
Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "D.10", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes
, )"M59.16b", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 59, 2012-09-12
10.0U+1CF71Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2015-07-25), "1. Vedic", Recommendations to UTC #144 July 2015 on Script Proposals
Sharma, Shriramana (2015-07-31), Proposal to encode 1CF7 VEDIC SIGN ATIKRAMA
Moore, Lisa (2015-08-11), "D.3.1", UTC #144 Minutes
"M64.06", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 64, 2016-08-31
12.0U+1CFA1Pandey, Anshuman (2017-04-25), Proposal to encode a nasal character in Vedic Extensions (revised)
Anderson, Deborah (2017-05-17), "8. Vedic", Recommendations to UTC #151 May 2017 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2017-05-18), "D.9.3", UTC #151 Minutes

See also

  • Devanagari in Unicode