After a consonant a vowel is a sign on it rather than a letter: after it, above it, below it, or, for short i, before it. That one is written before its consonant and said after it: किki. Here is every vowel on k, then the few letters that take a sign their own way, then a sample from around the chart.
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Every vowel on k
Letters that bend a sign
ru and rū hang the vowel sign on the side of ra rather than under it. On ha and śa many fonts draw the ṛ sign into the letter.
Around the chart
The whole chart: every consonant with every vowel
a
ā
i
ī
u
ū
ṛ
ṝ
ḷ
e
ai
o
au
k
kh
g
gh
ṅ
c
ch
j
jh
ñ
ṭ
ṭh
ḍ
ḍh
ṇ
t
th
d
dh
n
p
ph
b
bh
m
y
r
l
v
ś
ṣ
s
h
Drill
All 35 items, both ways: Devanāgarī to IAST, then IAST to Devanāgarī. A miss comes back later in the round; the lesson is drilled when every one has been right both ways. Progress is kept in this browser.
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