Dear Harry, This looks like a transfer from Hindi. What would be comparable in RV, some other Vedic branches, and Pali is the character ळ, which seems to indicate a similar lenition as in Hindi ढ़ but with a different phonetic realization.
I’m not aware of a nukta being used in Sanskrit Best wishes, Hans Henrich On Feb 3, 2025, at 20:47, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dear list members, I've noticed in some printed editions sanskrit ढ is sometimes printed with a nukta as ढ़ . Any explanation. Is this just a case of regional pronounciation of the editor leaking into the sanskrit. As an aside when I typed "Nukta in sanskrit" into my google browser, its AI overview replied "The nukta is a character in sanskrit". Thanks, Harry Spier _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!DZ3fjg!68HME0actetdAgGo7GgvydpVWWfcTX59pHwG2Cr1sg-fuvolQs7wEM9HF4iAzvDPY0o_-dqIzCnATKpWl2k0VisjauUv$
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