A yig mgo is a textual caret mark in Tibetan script which is one of the possible markers for a new text or page.[1] In some cases, such as following an internal title page, a triple yig mgo is used.[2] Various forms of yig mgo are included in the Unicode character set for Tibetan, including:
- U+0F01 ༁ TIBETAN MARK GTER YIG MGO TRUNCATED A,
- U+0F02 ༂ TIBETAN MARK GTER YIG MGO -UM RNAM BCAD MA,
- U+0F03 ༃ TIBETAN MARK GTER YIG MGO -UM GTER TSHEG MA,
- U+0F04 ༄ TIBETAN MARK INITIAL YIG MGO MDUN MA,
- U+0F05 ༅ TIBETAN MARK CLOSING YIG MGO SGAB MA,
- U+0F06 ༆ TIBETAN MARK CARET YIG MGO PHUR SHAD MA.
References
edit- ^ Manual of standard Tibetan: language and civilization Nicolas Tournadre, Rdo-rje (Gsaṅ-bdag.), Nicolas Tournadre - 2003 "Apart from the single bar ། (rkyang-shad), Tibetan literature also uses the following symbols: The sign called ཡིག་མགོ་ (yig-mgo) or དབུ་འཁྱུད་ (dbu-'khyud), which marks the beginning of a text or of a page."
- ^ The many canons of Tibetan Buddhism: PIATS 2000 Page 369 International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar, Helmut Eimer, David Germano - 2002 "recto sides, with the exception of the first three to five folios, and sometimes of the sheets following an internal title page, where there may be a triple yig mgo. In the case of the very first folio, the triple yig mgo will be found ..."
See also
edit- Javanese script, which also has various marks for beginning a text or a page that are used respectively by the reader's age or social status.
