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An ornament opening a text.
Also known as: Javanese opening mark
The Javanese mark opening a text or a new section, set before the first word.
Opens a text or a major section of one.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Like the Tibetan head-mark and the Thai fongman, it exists because the script has no capital letters and no paragraph indentation: the beginning has to be drawn.
Contexts: Language and transcription
An ornamental bracketed figure standing at the head of the passage before the text begins.