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VEDIC
ACCENTS
Unicode and the
Devanagari Script:
The Devanagari script is used for writing classical Sanskrit as
well as Vedic Sanskrit. The Unicode Standard provides codes for
Devanagari characters in the range 0900-097F, which are used for
representing classical Sanskrit, Hindi and Marathi. However, it does not
contain the additional characters needed for representing Vedic
Sanskrit texts. Many of these characters combine with Devanagari
characters and therefore constitute a part of the Devanagari
script.
Proposal to
Unicode:
To get these
additional Vedic characters included in the Unicode standard, it
is necessary to submit a formal proposal to the Unicode
Consortium. Among other requirements, such a proposal has to be
accompanied by references to dictionaries and other descriptive
texts establishing authoritative information. Scanned pages
showing the use of the proposed character are very useful.
It is therefore
important that everybody interested in Vedic Sanskrit should join
hands to support an effort to get Vedic Accents included in the
Unicode Standard.
Request:
We request
visitors to this site to go through the List of Vedic Accents
given below and give their comments, corrections, additions,
etc. Especially we request users to provide us the following:
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Scans of books in
which a Vedic Accent is used
(Mention Author, Name of Book, Publisher, Edition)
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Scans of any book describing Vedic Accents and their use
(Mention Author, Name of Book, Publisher, Edition)
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Information on whether Vedic Accents are used with scripts other
than Devanagari
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Please note that
all materials you send may be used for display on this website
or in a formal proposal to Unicode. The list below will be
continuously updated to reflect the latest contributions.
Contributions may
be sent to: info@omkarananda-ashram.org.
Purpose:
The immediate aim
is to make a draft proposal which can be submitted for
discussion to the mailing lists of Unicode, Indology, etc. so
that there may be broad agreement among Sanskrit experts on
which characters to include in a formal proposal.
List of
Vedic Accents
(Grey characters are shown for
reference only)
Accents in Rg-Veda:
Accents in Yajurveda:
Accents in Atharvaveda:
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Sample:
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Jatya
Svarita
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Accents in Samaveda:

Sample:
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Samvedic
Udatta |
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Sample:
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Samvedic
Svarita |
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Sample:
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Samvedic
Anudatta |
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Sample:
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Samvedic
Svarita U |
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Sample:
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Samvedic
Svarita Ra |
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Sample:
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Samvedic
Anudatta ka |
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Samvedic U |
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Sample:
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Anshumans Vedic
Anusvara |
Also used in
Yajurvediya Maitrayani Samhita |
Other Signs:
Bibliography:
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Indian Standard: Indian Script
Code for Information Interchange - ISCII
(IS 13194:1991) - Annex-G (Extended Character
Set for Vedic)
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Pt. Sripada Damodar Satavalekar,
Rigveda Samhita, Svadhyaya Mandal,
Pardi, Valsad, Gujarat,
1991.
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Yajurveda Samhita, Nag Publishers, New Delhi, 1994.
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Shukla Yajurveda Mandhyandiniya Samhita, Chaukhamba Vidya
Bhawan, Varanasi, 1991.
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Pt. Sripada Damodar Satavalekar, Yajurvediya Maitrayani Samhita,
Svadhyaya Mandal, Pardi, Valsad,
Gujarat.
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Pt. Sripada Damodar Satavalekar, Shukla Yajurvediya Kanva
Samhita, Svadhyaya Mandal, Pardi, Valsad, Gujarat.
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Pt. Sripada Damodar Satavalekar, Krishna Yajurvediya
Taittireeya Samhita, Svadhyaya Mandal, Pardi, Valsad,
Gujarat.
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Pt. Sripada Damodar Satavalekar, Yajurvediya Kathaka
Samhita, Svadhyaya Mandal, Pardi, Valsad, Gujarat.
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Acharya Pt. Shivdutta Mishra
Shastri, Shukla Yajurvediya Rudrastadhyayi,
Shri Thakur
Prasad Pustak Bhandar, Varanasi, 1999.
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Purandaropahva Vitthalatmaja
Vaidya Narayana Sharma, Shri Shukla Yajurvediya Madhyandina
Vajasaneyeenam Aahniksutravali, 1986.
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Pt. Veniram Sharma Goud,
Shukla Yajurvediya Rudrastadyayi, Ranadhir Publications,
Haridwar.
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Pt. Kashiram Sharma Goud,
Shukla Yajurvediya Mantra Samhita,
Shri Janta Book Stall
Moolgunj, Kanpur.
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Brihad
BrahamanityaKarmasamuccaya, Shastri Durga Shankar
Sanskrita Pustakalaya, Mumbai, 1986.
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Sanskara Prakasha, M/s.
Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Shri Venkateshwar Press, Mumbai,
1987.
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Mantra Pushpam, Sri
Ramakrishna Matha, Mumbai, 1994.
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Atharvaveda Samhita, Nag
Publishers, Delhi, 1994.
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Samaveda Samhita, Nag
Publishers, Delhi, 1994.
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Ralph T.H Griffith, Samaveda
Samhita, Samaveda Samhita, Nag Publishers, Delhi, 1991.
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Vaiyakaranasiddhantakoumudi,
Motilal Banarasidas, Varanasi, 1981.
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Other sources:
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