Following special symbols may be required for writing Vedic scriptures and musical notes. Some special symbols may not render properly in Unicode fonts yet.
Baraha ANSI fonts such as "BRH Kannada Extra", "BRH Devanagari Extra", "BRH Tamil Tab Extra", "BRH Telugu Extra", "BRH Malayalam Extra" support these symbols properly. These symbols are ignored when converted to other scripts
Special symbols can be typed using Brh-Indic and Legacy phonectic keyboards
| Special symbol | Key | Unicode support? |
| single vertical line above (svarita) | $ | Yes |
| double vertical line above (dheerga svarita) | # | Yes |
| horizontal line above | Q | Yes |
| horizontal line below (anudatta) | q | Yes |
| dot above | W | No ( ᳐ used ) |
| dot below | V | Yes |
examples:
saqhasra$ SIrShAq puru$Sha | EvEdagM sarvam#
स॒हस्र॑ शीर्षा॒ पुरु॑ष । एवेदग्ं सर्वम्᳚ ।
స॒హస్ర॑ శీర్షా॒ పురు॑ష । ఏవేదగ్ం సర్వమ్᳚
ಸ॒ಹಸ್ರ॑ ಶೀರ್ಷಾ॒ ಪುರು॑ಷ । ಏವೇದಗ್ಂ ಸರ್ವಮ್᳚
niV sa ga ma pa ni saW
नि᳝ स ग म प नि स᳐
ని᳝ స గ మ ప ని స᳐
ನಿ᳝ ಸ ಗ ಮ ಪ ನಿ ಸ᳐
note: You may use Insert Symbol dialog box to insert any symbols from various fonts.