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A horizontal stroke below the syllable.
Also known as: Vedic grave accent
The Vedic accent mark written as a line under a syllable spoken at the lowered pitch.
Marks the syllable spoken at the lowered pitch in Vedic recitation.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Written on the syllable *preceding* an udātta as well as on genuinely low syllables, which is why it is the most frequent mark on a printed Rigveda page.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Encoded at U+0952 as a combining mark applying to the syllable above it.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
A short horizontal stroke set beneath the base of the syllable, below the letters rather than below the headstroke.