Guest guest Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Dear members, Suppose I want to use some of the words / passages from scriptures in Sanskrit, what font should I use, so that it will be visible to the group members? In my last posting the Sanskrit text has been garbled. I noticed this in the archives too. (Thanks goes to Madathil Nair ji, who brought this to my notice.) This would be of general interest to others too. Thanks and regards, Anupam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 I would suggest you simply use ITRANS notation instead of Devanagari. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITRANS 2008/8/12 anupam srivatsav <anupam.srivatsav: > Dear members, > > Suppose I want to use some of the words / passages from scriptures in > Sanskrit, what font should I use, so that it will be visible to the > group members? In my last posting the Sanskrit text has been garbled. > I noticed this in the archives too. (Thanks goes to Madathil Nair ji, > who brought this to my notice.) > > This would be of general interest to others too. > Thanks and regards, > Anupam. > -- santoShaH paramo lAbhaH satsa~NgaH paramA gatiH I vicAraH paramaM j~nAnaM shamo hi paramaM sukham II - yoga vAsiShTha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Dear Anupam-ji I am using an apple macintosh computer as well as a laptop with windows XP. With the laptop I can read the Sanskrit fonts without any problem, whereas in the Mac I get nothing but nice squiggles. The difference is that sanskrit fonts are simply not installed in the Mac because it is already older. I guess its possible to install sanskrit also on older computers, but especially with older systems you might also make a mess if you change anything. So why not use Roman letters which everybody has got? Om shanti Sitara advaitin , " anupam srivatsav " <anupam.srivatsav wrote: > > Dear members, > > Suppose I want to use some of the words / passages from scriptures in > Sanskrit, what font should I use, so that it will be visible to the > group members? In my last posting the Sanskrit text has been garbled. > I noticed this in the archives too. (Thanks goes to Madathil Nair ji, > who brought this to my notice.) > > This would be of general interest to others too. > Thanks and regards, > Anupam. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Dear Sri Ramesh ji and Sitara ji, Namaste. What you have suggested is right. I shall use transliteration in the future. This would help others also follow and curtail the unnecessary deviations from the subject matter. (vishaya is one of the saadhana sampath) with regards, Anupam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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