देवनागरी · the alphabet

Devanagari is an abugida: every consonant already carries a built-in a sound. Attach a vowel sign to change that sound, or strip it entirely with a virama (्) to leave a bare consonant. Paste a Sanskrit word below, or type it the way it sounds (om, shanti, sutra) to look it up. Then tap out the glowing key each time to watch it get built up one key-press at a time — or just browse the keyboard to see every letter and mark on its own.