Bhaiksuki
Script details
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| Code | Bhks |
| Script type | abugida |
| Region | South Asian |
| Status | Historical |
| Direction | LTR |
| Baseline | unspecified |
| Case | unknown |
| White space | unspecified |
| Complex behaviors | |
| OpenType code | bhks |
| ISO 15924 Number | 334 (alphasyllabic) |
Script description
Section titled “Script description”Bhaiksuki is an extinct script used for writing Buddhist texts in the Indian state of Bihar.
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It is also known as the Arrow-Headed script due to the shape of the letters, many of which are capped with one or more triangular “arrows”. Little is known about this script, but the Arrow-Headed Script Project
at Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany is working to change that.
Languages that use this script
Section titled “Languages that use this script”| Language | Writing System Code | Writing System Status | SLDR/CLDR locale | Regional variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanskrit | sa-Bhks | in use | sa-Bhks-IN (India) |
Unicode status
Section titled “Unicode status”In The Unicode Standard, Bhaiksuki script implementation is discussed in Chapter 14: South and Central Asia-III — Ancient Scripts.
Resources
Section titled “Resources”- ScriptSource page for Bhaiksuki script - all about scripts, languages, and writing systems