Bhaiksuki (Unicode block)

Bhaiksuki is a Unicode block containing characters from the Bhaiksuki alphabet, which is a Brahmi-based script that was used for writing Sanskrit during the 11th and 12th centuries CE, mainly in the present-day states of Bihar and West Bengal in India, and in parts of Bangladesh.[3]

Bhaiksuki[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+11C0x 𑰀 𑰁 𑰂 𑰃 𑰄 𑰅 𑰆 𑰇 𑰈 𑰊 𑰋 𑰌 𑰍 𑰎 𑰏
U+11C1x 𑰐 𑰑 𑰒 𑰓 𑰔 𑰕 𑰖 𑰗 𑰘 𑰙 𑰚 𑰛 𑰜 𑰝 𑰞 𑰟
U+11C2x 𑰠 𑰡 𑰢 𑰣 𑰤 𑰥 𑰦 𑰧 𑰨 𑰩 𑰪 𑰫 𑰬 𑰭 𑰮 𑰯
U+11C3x 𑰰 𑰱 𑰲 𑰳 𑰴 𑰵 𑰶 𑰸 𑰹 𑰺 𑰻 𑰼 𑰽 𑰾 𑰿
U+11C4x 𑱀 𑱁 𑱂 𑱃 𑱄 𑱅
U+11C5x 𑱐 𑱑 𑱒 𑱓 𑱔 𑱕 𑱖 𑱗 𑱘 𑱙 𑱚 𑱛 𑱜 𑱝 𑱞 𑱟
U+11C6x 𑱠 𑱡 𑱢 𑱣 𑱤 𑱥 𑱦 𑱧 𑱨 𑱩 𑱪 𑱫 𑱬
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
Bhaiksuki
RangeU+11C00..U+11C6F
(112 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsBhaiksuki
Assigned97 code points
Unused15 reserved code points
Unicode version history
9.097 (+97)
Note: [1][2]

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
9.0U+11C00..11C08, 11C0A..11C36, 11C38..11C45, 11C50..11C6C97L2/11-259N4121Pandey, Anshuman (2011-07-11), Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Bhaiksuki Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/11-298Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2011-07-27), "3. Bhaiksuki", South Asian subcommittee report
L2/13-167N4469Pandey, Anshuman; Dimitrov, Dragomir (2013-07-22), Proposal to Encode the Bhaiksuki Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/13-165Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-07-25), "9", Recommendations to UTC on Script Proposals
L2/13-194N4489Pandey, Anshuman; Dimitrov, Dragomir (2013-10-27), Revised Proposal to Encode the Bhaiksuki Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/14-053Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-01-26), "18", Recommendations to UTC #138 February 2014 on Script Proposals
L2/14-036Pandey, Anshuman; Dimitrov, Dragomir (2014-01-27), Revised Proposal to Encode the Bhaiksuki Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/14-091N4573Pandey, Anshuman; Dimitrov, Dragomir (2014-04-23), Final Proposal to Encode the Bhaiksuki Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/14-129Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh (2014-05-02), "2", Recommendations to UTC #139 May 2014 on Script Proposals
L2/14-100Moore, Lisa (2014-05-13), "D.6", UTC #139 Minutes
N4553 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "10.2.5", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA
L2/16-052N4603 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "M63.02a", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63
L2/16-121Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "Consensus 147-C31", UTC #147 Minutes, Change the general category of characters U+11C38..U+11C3B from "Mc" to "Mn" and make them Indic Position Category = "top", for Unicode 9.0.
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
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References
  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. Pandey, Anshuman; Dimitrov, Dragomir (2014-04-23). "N4573: Final Proposal to Encode the Bhaiksuki Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-22.
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