different between candrabindu vs virama

English

Alternative forms

• chandrabindu, chandravindu, candravindu, chôndrobindu

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???????????? (candrabindu, literally “moon dot”)

Noun

candrabindu (plural candrabindus)

1. A diacritic used in indic scripts like Devanagari (?), Bengali (?), Gurmukhi ( ?), Gujarati (?), Oriya (?), and Telugu (?) scripts. It usually indicates that the previous vowel is nasalized. Shown here over the letter "ka" (or in the case of Telugu, after the "ka"):

   Devanagari: ??

   Bengali: ??

   Gurmukhi: ??

   Gujarati: ??

   Oriya: ??

   Telugu: ??

Translations

See also

• anusvara
• halant
• killer
• sukun
• visarga
• vowel killer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ????? (vir?ma, “to stop”).

Noun

virama (plural viramas)

1. A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.
   • a Devanagari example: ? (ka) + ? = ?? (k)
2. A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.

Synonyms

• halant
• killer
• vowel killer

Translations

See also

• anusvara
• candrabindu
• sukun / sukuun
• visarga