Guest guest Posted December 2, 1998 Report Share Posted December 2, 1998 I am wondering whether we may not consider adopting the Kyoto-Harvard Convention for transliterating Sanskrit quotations for our communication purposes. The entire Mahabharata, Valmiki Ramayana and Bhagavatam have been digitalised this way. It does not need any diacritical marks and it has a uniqueness of impossibility of being misread because of its ingenious use of capital and small letters of the plain english alphabet. It is the following: Vowels (of Sanskrit): a A i I u U R L e ai o au Gutturals: k kh g gh G palatals: c ch j jh J linguals: T Th D Dh N dentals: t th d dh n labials: p ph b bh m semivowels: y r l v sibilants: z S s as in ziva, SaNmukha, sukhaM aspiration: h anusvAra: M visarga: H avagraha: ' Examples: sarva-dharmAn parityajya mAmekaM zaraNaM vraja / ahaM tvA sarva-pApebhyo mokSayiSyAmi mA zucaH // yaH sarvatrAnabhisnehaH tattad-prApya zubhAzubhaM / nAbhinandati na dveSTi tasya praJA pratiSThitA // yadA yadA hi dharmasya glAnir-bhavati bhArata / abhyutthAnaM adharmasya tadAtmAnaM sRjAmyahaM // RtaMca satyaMca // kamo'kArSIt // Yours, Prof. V. Krishnamurthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 1998 Report Share Posted December 2, 1998 Prof. Krishnamurthy - dhanyavaad. There is a parallel ITRNS scheme and another RIT scheme used in telusa. Many of the sanskrit documents have been transliterated by the Sanskrit Digest by Nandu Abhiyankar and his group. I am not sure why they did not adopt the Kyoto-Harvard convention. I am taking the liberty to send him a copy of this, since we should not reinvent the wheel. I could easily read your text without straining myself. Pranaams, Sadananda >"V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk > > >I am wondering whether we may not consider adopting the Kyoto-Harvard >Convention for transliterating Sanskrit quotations for our >communication purposes. The entire Mahabharata, Valmiki Ramayana and >Bhagavatam have been digitalised this way. It does not need any >diacritical marks and it has a uniqueness of impossibility of being >misread because of its ingenious use of capital and small letters of >the plain english alphabet. It is the following: >Vowels (of Sanskrit): a A i I u U R L e ai o au >Gutturals: k kh g gh G >palatals: c ch j jh J >linguals: T Th D Dh N >dentals: t th d dh n >labials: p ph b bh m >semivowels: y r l v >sibilants: z S s as in ziva, SaNmukha, sukhaM >aspiration: h >anusvAra: M >visarga: H >avagraha: ' > >Examples: sarva-dharmAn parityajya mAmekaM zaraNaM vraja / ahaM tvA >sarva-pApebhyo mokSayiSyAmi mA zucaH // >yaH sarvatrAnabhisnehaH tattad-prApya zubhAzubhaM / nAbhinandati na >dveSTi tasya praJA pratiSThitA // > >yadA yadA hi dharmasya glAnir-bhavati bhArata / abhyutthAnaM >adharmasya tadAtmAnaM sRjAmyahaM // > >RtaMca satyaMca // > >kamo'kArSIt // > >Yours, Prof. V. Krishnamurthy >------ >Help support ONElist, while generating interest in your product or >service. ONElist has a variety of advertising packages. Visit >/advert.html for more information. >------ >Discussion of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy, its true meaning, >profundity, richness and beauty with the focus on the non-duality between >mind and matter K. Sadananda Code 6323 Naval Research Laboratory Washington D.C. 20375 Voice (202)767-2117 Fax:(202)767-2623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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