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Unicode's DEVANAGARI DANDA (U+0964) is the Devanagari character that ends sentences, as the Hindi full stop.

Checked against its source on October 17, 2026

In the source's own words

“It can end sentences at appropriate places.”

U+0964 DEVANAGARI DANDA, codepoints.net (Unicode character data), n.d., Usage note.

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What it measures
The character is listed in the Devanagari block, with the category Other Punctuation.
What it does not show
The usage note is short; the Unicode Standard describes the danda in more detail in its chapter on Indic scripts.

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