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Also known as daṇḍa

In Indic scripts, the daṇḍa (Sanskrit: दण्ड '''' "stick") is a punctuation mark. The grapheme consists of a single vertical stroke.

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In Indic scripts, the daṇḍa (Sanskrit: दण्ड '''' "stick") is a punctuation mark. The grapheme consists of a single vertical stroke.

== Use == The daṇḍa marks the end of a sentence or line, comparable to a full stop (period) as commonly used in the Latin alphabet, and is used together with Western punctuation in Hindi and Nepali.

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