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Unicode encodes the daṇḍa as code point U+0964, named DEVANAGARI DANDA.

Checked against its source on October 17, 2026

In the source's own words

“Unicode encodes the daṇḍas as U+0964 ... DEVANAGARI DANDA”

Daṇḍa (Wikipedia), Wikipedia, n.d., Computer encoding.

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What it measures
Knowing the code point helps when you check whether an app wrote the Hindi full stop or a Western period.
What it does not show
The Unicode Standard is the authority for the code point. This page quotes it, so it is secondary to the Unicode chart.

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