Yig mgo

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, and U+0F06 ༆ TIBETAN MARK CARET YIG MGO PHUR SHAD MA.

References

  1. ↑ 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."
  2. ↑ 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 ..."


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