diff -ur icu.orig/source/common/rbbi.cpp icu/source/common/rbbi.cpp
--- icu.orig/source/common/rbbi.cpp	2006-10-05 11:54:13.000000000 +0100
+++ icu/source/common/rbbi.cpp	2006-10-05 11:57:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -879,6 +879,22 @@
     RBBI_END        // state machine processing is after end of user text.
 };
 
+#define VIRAMA_SCRIPT(wc)        ((wc) >= 0x0901 && (wc) <= 0x17FF)
+#define VIRAMA(wc) ((wc) == 0x094D || \
+                    (wc) == 0x09CD || \
+                    (wc) == 0x0A4D || \
+                    (wc) == 0x0ACD || \
+                    (wc) == 0x0B4D || \
+                    (wc) == 0x0BCD || \
+                    (wc) == 0x0C4D || \
+                    (wc) == 0x0CCD || \
+                    (wc) == 0x0D4D || \
+                    (wc) == 0x0DCA || \
+                    (wc) == 0x0E3A || \
+                    (wc) == 0x0F84 || \
+                    (wc) == 0x1039 || \
+                    (wc) == 0x17D2 || \
+                    (wc) == 0x200D)
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
@@ -896,6 +911,7 @@
     RBBIRunMode         mode;
     
     RBBIStateTableRow  *row;
+    UChar32             prevchar;
     UChar32             c;
     int32_t             lookaheadStatus = 0;
     int32_t             lookaheadTagIdx = 0;
@@ -919,6 +935,7 @@
     // if we're already at the end of the text, return DONE.
     initialPosition = (int32_t)UTEXT_GETNATIVEINDEX(fText); 
     result          = initialPosition;
+    prevchar        = 0;
     c               = UTEXT_NEXT32(fText);
     if (fData == NULL || c==U_SENTINEL) {
         return BreakIterator::DONE;
@@ -1001,6 +1018,11 @@
 
         // State Transition - move machine to its next state
         //
+        if (VIRAMA_SCRIPT(c) && VIRAMA(prevchar))
+        {
+                state = START_STATE;
+                row = (RBBIStateTableRow *) (tableData + tableRowLen * state);
+        }
         state = row->fNextState[category];
         row = (RBBIStateTableRow *)
             // (statetable->fTableData + (statetable->fRowLen * state));
@@ -1059,6 +1081,7 @@
         //    the input position.  The next iteration will be processing the
         //    first real input character.
         if (mode == RBBI_RUN) {
+            prevchar = c;
             c = UTEXT_NEXT32(fText);
         } else {
             if (mode == RBBI_START) {
@@ -1107,6 +1130,7 @@
     int16_t             category        = 0;
     RBBIRunMode         mode;
     RBBIStateTableRow  *row;
+    UChar32             prevchar;
     UChar32             c;
     int32_t             lookaheadStatus = 0;
     int32_t             result          = 0;
@@ -1135,6 +1159,7 @@
     //  Set up the starting char.
     initialPosition = (int32_t)UTEXT_GETNATIVEINDEX(fText);
     result          = initialPosition;
+    prevchar        = 0;
     c               = UTEXT_PREVIOUS32(fText);
 
     //  Set the initial state for the state machine
@@ -1218,6 +1243,11 @@
 
         // State Transition - move machine to its next state
         //
+	if (VIRAMA_SCRIPT(prevchar) && VIRAMA(c))
+        {
+                state = START_STATE;
+                row = (RBBIStateTableRow *) (statetable->fTableData + (statetable->fRowLen * state));
+        }
         state = row->fNextState[category];
         row = (RBBIStateTableRow *)
             (statetable->fTableData + (statetable->fRowLen * state));
@@ -1269,6 +1299,7 @@
         //    the input position.  The next iteration will be processing the
         //    first real input character.
         if (mode == RBBI_RUN) {
+            prevchar = c;
             c = UTEXT_PREVIOUS32(fText);
         } else {            
             if (mode == RBBI_START) {