Each consonant is assumed to be combined with the short a vowel. To indicate other vowels modifying 'diacritic' marks are added. In the table below the vowels are combined with k. The set of marks includes the virama which indicates no vowel. This is typically used at the end of words in Sanskrit, for example the word samyak, meaning 'perfect'.

Vowels combined with k

Main consonant-vowel combinations

Siddham letter ka Siddham letter kaa Siddham letter ki Siddham letter kii Siddham letter ku Siddham letter kuu Siddham letter ke
k क्
virama
(no vowel)		 kā का ki कि kī की ku कु kū कू ke के
Siddham letter kai Siddham letter ko Siddham letter kau Siddham letter kam Siddham letter kah Siddham letter kr
kai कै ko को kau कौ kaṃ कं kaḥ कः kṛ कृ

Alternate vowel marks


ū

u

u used with ra