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A humble request to many of the scholars who with their kind heart

post many, many wonderful and fruitful slokas for the benefit of us

all would it be possible to avoid using:

 

E and O as there is only one corresponding sound!

 

If they follow this notation, we can easily convert into devanagari

lipi.

 

Thanks,

 

-jambunathan

 

 

Chart showing roman - devanagari character mapping

 

Vowels (dependent and independent):

a aa/A i ee/ii/I u oo/uu/U

e ai o au aM aH

 

R^i R^I L^i L^I

 

Consonants:

k kh g gh ~N

ch chh j jh ~n

T Th D Dh N

t th d dh n

p ph b bh m

y r l v / w

sh Sh s h L

x / kSh GY / dny

R (for marathi half-RA)

(note the diff bet. daryA (sea) and daRyA (valleys))

Specials/Accents:

Anusvara: .n/M (dot on top of previous consonant/vowel)

Avagraha: .a (`S' like symbol basically to replace a after o)

Ardhachandra: .c (for vowel sound as in english words `cat' or

`talk')

Chandra-Bindu: .N (chandra-bindu on top of previous letter)

Halant: .h (to get half-form of the consonant - no vowel -

virama)

Visarga: H (visarga - looks like a colon character)

Om: AUM (Om symbol)

Consonants with a nukta (dot) under them:

k with a dot: q (as in qAtil)

kh with a dot: Kh (as in KhAtir)

g with a dot: G (as in GarIb)

j with a dot: z / J (as in zamIn)

ph with a dot: f (as in afasAnA)

D with a dot: .D (as in la.DakA)

Dh with a dot: .Dh (as in ba.DhanA)