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Click on the virama, called halant in Hindi (diacritic in the center) to delete the inherent vowel a.

example: जन्म (janma: birth) is written with 4 characters ज न ् म( ja + na + virama + ma)

To type directly with the computer keyboard:

Use the capital to type the letters subscribed with a dot below: T, Th, D, Dh, N, R, Rh, L, S

Type G for ng & J for ñ

Type sh or ç for ś

Special characters: Type jJ for ज्ञ ; kS for क्ष ; sk for स्क

; kS for ; sk for Type aa, ii, uu (or A, I, U) for the long vowels ā, ī, ū

Type -r and -ri for ri and rī

Type -l and -li for li and lī

Type M for ं (anusvara) & MM for ँ (candra bindu)

(anusvara) & MM for (candra bindu) Type H for ः (visarga)

(visarga) taper = pour ़ (nukta): dot below

(nukta): dot below Type / or | for । (danda)

(danda) Type ' (apostrophe) for ऽ (avagraha)

(avagraha) Type O, OM (capitals) for ॐ

Type eee, eeee and ooo, oooo to add the diacritics ॅ ॆ (candra & short)

(candra & short) Type x to make a half consonnant; example: type sx for स्‍

Type xx to prevent conjunct forms; example: type kxxS for क्‌ष्

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