Click on the viraama, called halanta in Sanskrit (diacritic in the center) to delete the inherent vowel a: the viraama is needed between two consonants.

example: for vedānta, type: v + e + d + a + n + virama + t + a

To type directly with the computer keyboard:

• Use the capital to type the letters subscribed with a dot below: T, Th, D, Dh, N, L, S
• Type G or ng for ṅ & J for ñ
• Type sh or ç for ś
• Type aa, ii, uu (or A, I, U) for the long vowels ā, ī, ū
• Type , for deergha (ा)
• Type [ or < for viraama/halanta (्)
• Type ] or > for Gm (ꣳ/ग्ं)
• Type L (capitals) for ळ्
• Type -r and -ri for ri and rī
• Type -l and -li for li and lī
• Type M for ं (anusvara) & MM for ँ (candra bindu)
• Type H for ः (visarga)
• Type = for ़ (nukta): dot below
• Type _ for ॒ (anudaatta), __ for ॑ (udaatta) and ___ for ᳚ (svarita)
• Type . or | for '।' (danda) and .. or || for '॥' (double danda)
• Type ; for ऽ (avagraha)
• Type O, OM (capitals) for ॐ
• 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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