[Tugindia] Comparison of input methods

[Raj Singh]

Hello,

> There is no mention about the characters ksha and gna (as in Jnani) in
> Velthuis's Devnag.

These actually are ligatures (or combination of half and full sound
vyanjans) and are not "stand-alone" characters, as are tr (as in rashtra,
trikon, ...) and shr (as in shri). You can get ksh by k.s (kak.sA), gn by
j~n (as in yaj~n or j~nAn), tr by tr (as in trikon), shr by "sr (as in
"srImAn). This combination logic is as per Hindi/Sanskrit vyakaran
(grammar). I am enclosing below trial.dn for these kind of words for the 
devnag package.

-- Raj

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ trial.dn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

@hindi
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{devnag}

\begin{document}

\begin{center}
\subsection*{\dn parik.sa.n : kuch "sabdoM kA}
\end{center}

{\tt "srImAn} --- {\dn "srImAn} \hfill
{\tt trikon} --- {\dn trikon} \hfill
{\tt taMtr} --- {\dn taMtr} \hfill
{\tt kak.sA} --- {\dn kak.sA} \hfill

{\tt k.satriy} --- {\dn k.satriy} \hfill
{\tt nak.satr} --- {\dn nak.satr} \hfill
{\tt yak.s} --- {\dn yak.s} \hfill
{\tt tri"suul} --- {\dn tri"suul}

{\tt "sraddhA} --- {\dn "sraddhA} \hfill
{\tt j~nAn} --- {\dn j~nAn} \hfill
{\tt karm} --- {\dn karm} \hfill
{\tt yaj~n} --- {\dn yaj~n} \hfill

\end{document}

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