Saurashtra (Unicode block)

Saurashtra
Range	U+A880..U+A8DF (96 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Saurashtra
Major alphabets	Saurashtra
Assigned	82 code points
Unused	14 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 (2008)	81 (+81)
9.0 (2016)	82 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1] [2]

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] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

U+A88x

ꢀ‎

ꢁ‎

ꢂ‎

ꢃ‎

ꢄ‎

ꢅ‎

ꢆ‎

ꢇ‎

ꢈ‎

ꢉ‎

ꢊ‎

ꢋ‎

ꢌ‎

ꢍ‎

ꢎ‎

ꢏ‎

U+A89x

ꢐ‎

ꢑ‎

ꢒ‎

ꢓ‎

ꢔ‎

ꢕ‎

ꢖ‎

ꢗ‎

ꢘ‎

ꢙ‎

ꢚ‎

ꢛ‎

ꢜ‎

ꢝ‎

ꢞ‎

ꢟ‎

U+A8Ax

ꢠ‎

ꢡ‎

ꢢ‎

ꢣ‎

ꢤ‎

ꢥ‎

ꢦ‎

ꢧ‎

ꢨ‎

ꢩ‎

ꢪ‎

ꢫ‎

ꢬ‎

ꢭ‎

ꢮ‎

ꢯ‎

U+A8Bx

ꢰ‎

ꢱ‎

ꢲ‎

ꢳ‎

ꢴ‎

ꢵ‎

ꢶ‎

ꢷ‎

ꢸ‎

ꢹ‎

ꢺ‎

ꢻ‎

ꢼ‎

ꢽ‎

ꢾ‎

ꢿ‎

U+A8Cx

ꣀ‎

ꣁ‎

ꣂ‎

ꣃ‎

꣄‎

ꣅ‎

꣎‎

꣏‎

U+A8Dx

꣐‎

꣑‎

꣒‎

꣓‎

꣔‎

꣕‎

꣖‎

꣗‎

꣘‎

꣙‎

Notes 1. ^ As of Unicode version 16.0 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:

Version	Final code points [a]	Count	L2  ID	WG2  ID	Document
5.1	U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9	81	L2/03-098	N2549	Krishnamoorty, Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda; Everson, Michael (2002-12-03), Proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS
			L2/03-147		Bhaskararao, Peri (2002-12-03), Comments on L2/03-098
			L2/03-225		McGowan, Rick (2003-07-15), Saurashtra Character Properties
			L2/03-245		Jeyakumar, C. K. (2003-08-12), Saurashtra "AAYTAM" character information
			L2/03-231	N2607	Krishnamoorty, Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda; Everson, Michael (2003-08-13), Revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS
			L2/03-253		Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals
			L2/03-256		Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Introduction to the Saurashtra Script
			L2/03-277	N2620	Bhaskararao, Peri (2003-08-21), Comments on Proposal to Encode the Saurashtra Script in the UCS
			L2/03-313	N2619	McGowan, Rick (2003-09-17), Saurashtra Script Encoding
			L2/04-352	N2875 (html, doc)	McGowan, Rick (2004-09-15), Saurashtra Linebreaking and Other Properties
			L2/05-232		Everson, Michael (2005-08-11), Comments on Saurashtra
			L2/05-222R2	N2969R2	Everson, Michael; Krishnamoorty, J. C. (2005-09-21), Final revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS
			L2/05-270		Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "K. Saurashtra", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)
			L2/05-279		Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), "Consensus 105-C32", UTC #105 Minutes
				N2953 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.10", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
			L2/06-091	N3058	Everson, Michael (2006-03-23), Correction of a Saurashtra character name in PDAM3
			L2/06-122		Anderson, Deborah; Kai, Ka'ōnohi (2006-04-10), Implementation of the Saurashtra script
				N3076	Anderson, Deborah; Kai, Ka'ōnohi (2006-04-10), Implementation of the Saurashtra script (N2969R2)
			L2/06-108		Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "Consensus 107-C32", UTC #107 Minutes, Accept the name of U+A8B4 SAURASHTRA CONSONANT SIGN HAARU.
			L2/06-251		Ganesan, Naga (2006-07-28), Saurashtran Haaru consonants in Named Sequences list
			L2/06-252		West, Andrew (2006-07-28), Comments on Capital R Rotunda
				N3103 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-08-25), "M48.4", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27
9.0	U+A8C5	1	L2/14-170		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-07-28), "4", Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals
			L2/14-163	N4590	Rajan, Vinodh (2014-08-07), Proposal to encode Saurashtra Sign Candrabindu
			L2/14-177		Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Saurashtra Candrabindu (D.5)", UTC #140 Minutes
			L2/16-052	N4603 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "M63.11o", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.