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A bird's foot marking an omission.
Also known as: Hamsapada, Goose foot
The Sanskrit manuscript mark showing where text has been left out and must be inserted.
Marks the point in a manuscript line at which omitted text is to be inserted.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
The omitted text is written in the margin or at the foot of the folio and keyed back by the same mark, making it the functional ancestor of the modern proof-correction caret.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Also called hamsapada, goose's foot, in some traditions; the two names describe the same mark and the choice of bird is regional.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
A small splayed mark of three strokes meeting at a point, resembling a bird's footprint, set at the line where the omitted text belongs.