# avagraha

> symbol originally used in Sanskrit, used in various Indic scripts to mark the elision of an initial vowel or to lengthen or strengthen the preceding vowel

**Wikidata**: [Q3634803](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3634803)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avagraha)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/avagraha


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013