1. Velar (`guttural') consonants:

2. Palatal consonants:

3. Retroflex (`cerebral') consonants:

4. Dental consonants:

5. Labial consonants:

6. Semivowels:

7. Sibilants:

8. Glottal fricative (`aspirate'):

9. Initial vowels:

10. Initial vowels (continued):

11. Initial vowels (concluded):

12. Noninitial vowels:

13. Noninitial vowels (continued):

14. Noninitial vowels (concluded):

15. Certain consonant+vowel combinations have a special form:

16. Diacritic-like marks--visarga:

17. Diacritic-like marks--anusvàra:

18. Diacritic-like marks--viràma:

19. Diacritic-like marks--avagraha:

20. Ligatures
A. If C1 ends in a vertical bar, it is joined horizontally to the left of C2, without the bar. (C2  na or la.)

21. Ligatures (continued):
B. If C1 doesn't end in a vertical bar, C2 is joined underneath C1. (C2  ma or ya.)

22. Exceptions to A and B:
1.   If C2 = na or la, then this is usually placed underneath C1:

23. Exceptions to A and B:
2.   If C2 = ma or ya, then this is usually placed to the right of C1:

24. Other changes in ligatures:

25. Other changes in ligatures:

26. Other changes in ligatures:

27. Other changes in ligatures:

28. Other changes in ligatures:

29. Two special symbols:

30. Combinations with r:

31. Ligatures are sometimes quite complex:

32. Punctuation:

33. Numerals:

34. devanam!

35. ramay

36. kmlE>

37. k«paya>

38. -vt>

39. lvnm!

40. fmé>

41. Aayu>

42. }aPyte

43. guÝSy

44. vEl]{ym!

45. VyaOyanm!

46. à³mte

47. SwaSyit

48. gCDit

49. %JJvlTvm!

50. catuvR{yRm!