[Tugindia] Comparison of input methods

[S.C.Phatak]

Hi,

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Raj Singh wrote:

> 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.
> 

I thought ksh ( as in aksha - eye ) and dny ( as in dnyana - knowledge )
are not combination of vyanjanas. They are not like tr ( in trikon ) as
mentioned above. That is why they are listed separately as vyanjanas (
like ru or ri as in rushi or rishi which is listed as a wovel - well a
limitation of roman script in expressing the sound ).

Shashikant Phatak

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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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