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A stroke suppressing a Kannada consonant's vowel.
Also known as: Kannada halant, Kannada vowel killer
In Kannada the virama suppresses a consonant's inherent vowel, with subscript stacking used for clusters as in the closely related Telugu script.
Suppresses the inherent vowel of the Kannada consonant it modifies.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Shares its behaviour closely with Telugu, the two scripts having diverged comparatively recently from a common ancestor.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A short stroke placed above the Kannada consonant letter whose vowel it suppresses.