Vyāsa
Reference Alphabet
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| Devanāgarī | IAST | ISO 15919 Supported only by Siddhanta and Chandas fonts. | Harvard-Kyoto | ITRANS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vowels (Svaras) | ||||
| अ | a | a | a | a |
| आ | ā | ā | A | A/aa |
| इ | i | i | i | i |
| ई | ī | ī | I | I/ii/ee |
| उ | u | u | u | u |
| ऊ | ū | ū | U | U/uu |
| ऋ | ṛ | r̥ | R | RR/R^i |
| ॠ | ṝ | r̥̄ | RR | RRI/R^I |
| ऌ | ḷ | l̥ | lR | LLi/L^i |
| ॡ | ḹ | l̥̄ | lRR | LLI/L^I |
| ए | e | ē | e | e |
| ऐ | ai | ai | ai | ai |
| ओ | o | ō | o | o |
| औ | au | au | au | au |
| Ayogavāha | ||||
| ं | ṃ | ṁ | M | M/.m/.n |
| ः | ḥ | ḥ | H | H |
| ँ | Supported only by URW Palladio ITU font; Unicode: U+F141. | m̐ Supported only by Siddhanta and Chandas fonts; Unicode: U+0310. | .N | |
| Gutterals (Ka-Varga) | ||||
| क | ka | ka | ka | ka |
| ख | kha | kha | kha | kha |
| ग | ga | ga | ga | ga |
| घ | gha | gha | gha | gha |
| ङ | ṅa | ṅa | Ga | ~Na |
| Palatals (Ca-Varga) | ||||
| च | ca | ca | ca | cha |
| छ | cha | cha | cha | Cha |
| ज | ja | ja | ja | ja |
| झ | jha | jha | jha | jha |
| ञ | ña | ña | Ja | ~na |
| Cerebrals (Ṭa-Varga) | ||||
| ट | ṭa | ṭa | Ta | Ta |
| ठ | ṭha | ṭha | Tha | Tha |
| ड | ḍa | ḍa | Da | Da |
| ढ | ḍha | ḍha | Dha | Dha |
| ण | ṇa | ṇa | Na | Na |
| Dentals (Ta-Varga) | ||||
| त | ta | ta | ta | ta |
| थ | tha | tha | tha | tha |
| द | da | da | da | da |
| ध | dha | dha | dha | dha |
| न | na | na | na | na |
| Labials (Pa-Varga) | ||||
| प | pa | pa | pa | pa |
| फ | pha | pha | pha | pha |
| ब | ba | ba | ba | ba |
| भ | bha | bha | bha | bha |
| म | ma | ma | ma | ma |
| Sibilants & Semivowels | ||||
| य | ya | ya | ya | ya |
| र | ra | ra | ra | ra |
| ल | la | la | la | la |
| व | va | va | va | va |
| श | śa | śa | za | sha |
| ष | ṣa | ṣa | Sa | Sha |
| स | sa | sa | sa | sa |
| ह | ha | ha | ha | ha |
| Roman Transliteration | Devanāgarī |
|---|---|
| Punctuation | |
| , | । |
| . | ॥ |
| ʼ | ऽ |
| Roman Transliteration | Devanāgarī |
|---|---|
| Vedic Svaras | |
| ̱Unicode: U+0331 | ॒Unicode: U+0952 |
| ̍Unicode: U+030D | ॑Unicode: U+0951 |
| ̎Unicode: U+030E | ᳚Unicode: U+1CDA |
Transliteration schemes: IAST, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration ISO 15919, Differences from IAST: ē, ō, ṁ, r̥, r̥̄, l̥, l̥̄. Harvard-Kyoto, Upper case letters; no diacritics ITRANS An ASCII transliteration scheme for Indic scripts