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A yig mgo is a textual caret mark in
Tibetan script The Tibetan script is a segmental writing system (''abugida'') of Brahmic scripts, Indic origin used to write certain Tibetic languages, including Lhasa Tibetan, Tibetan, Dzongkha, Sikkimese language, Sikkimese, Ladakhi language, Ladakhi, Jire ...
which is one of the possible markers for a new text or page. In some cases, such as following an internal title page, a triple yig mgo is used.The many canons of Tibetan Buddhism: PIATS 2000 Page 369 International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar, Helmut Eimer, David Germano - 2002 "recto sides, with the exception of the first three to five folios, and sometimes of the sheets following an internal title page, where there may be a triple yig mgo. In the case of the very first folio, the triple yig mgo will be found ..." Various forms of yig mgo are included in the
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character set for Tibetan, including: * , * , * , * , * , * .


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, which also has various marks for beginning a text or a page that are used respectively by the reader's age or social status. Tibetan script Punctuation {{writingsystem-stub