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A drawn-out tone mark.
Also known as: Dragging tone
The Vedic mark indicating the prolongation or dragging of a syllable's tone in recitation.
Indicates that the syllable's tone is drawn out in recitation.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History, Religion
Belongs to the layer of Vedic notation that records *performance* rather than pronunciation, alongside the marks for pause and breath — the recitation traditions preserved the sound of the text by writing down how to say it.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History, Religion
A stroke set beneath the syllable, drawn longer than the short anudātta line it otherwise resembles.