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A '''yig mgo''' is a textual [[caret]] mark in [[Tibetan script]] which is one of the possible markers for a new text or page.<ref>Manual of standard Tibetan: language and civilization  Nicolas Tournadre, Rdo-rje (Gsaṅ-bdag.), Nicolas Tournadre - 2003 "Apart from the single bar ། (rkyang-shad), Tibetan literature also uses the following symbols: The sign called ཡིག་མགོ་ (yig-mgo) or དབུ་འཁྱུད་ (dbu-'khyud), which marks the beginning of a text or of a page."</ref> In some cases, such as following an internal title page, a triple yig mgo is used.<ref>The many canons of Tibetan Buddhism: PIATS 2000. p. 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 ..."</ref> Various forms of yig mgo are included in the [[Unicode]] character set for Tibetan, including:

* {{Unichar|0F01|TIBETAN MARK GTER YIG MGO TRUNCATED A}}
* {{Unichar|0F02|TIBETAN MARK GTER YIG MGO -UM RNAM BCAD MA}}
* {{Unichar|0F03|TIBETAN MARK GTER YIG MGO -UM GTER TSHEG MA}}
* {{Unichar|0F04|TIBETAN MARK INITIAL YIG MGO MDUN MA}}
* {{Unichar|0F05|TIBETAN MARK CLOSING YIG MGO SGAB MA}}
* {{Unichar|0F06|TIBETAN MARK CARET YIG MGO PHUR SHAD MA}}

==See also==
* [[Javanese_script#Punctuation|Javanese script]], which also has various marks for beginning a text or a page that are used respectively by the reader's age or social status.

==References==
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