Pre-Vedic Sanskrit Devanagari Phonetic (OPTITRANS)

Description

Pre-Vedic Sanskrit Devanagari Phonetic (OPTITRANS) keyboard is Sanskrit devanAgarI input method by a modified version of OPTITRANS and Harvard-Kyoto transliteration systems with the following special features:

• greater reliance on reconstructed early vedic pronunciation (details and demo here)
  • ai=ए, Ai=ऐ, au=ओ, Au=औ.
  • emphasis on the udAtta accent instead of svarita.
• allow input of hrasva ऎ and ऒ.
• support for common dravidian sounds (useful for maNipravALa).

You can use all the standard ITRANS key sequences plus key sequences such as the below.

nk->ङ्क्, nkh->ङ्ख्, ng->ङ्ग्, ngh->ङ्घ् nch->ञ्च्, nCh->ञ्छ्, nc->ञ्च्, nC->ञ्छ्, nchh->ञ्छ्, nj->ञ्ज्, njh->ञ्झ्, nT->ण्ट्, nTh->ण्ठ्, nD->ण्ड्, nDh->ण्ढ् c->च्, C->छ्, z->श्, S->ष्, jn->ज्ञ्, R->ऋ

Examples: Type saMskRta for संस्कृत.

Details

• The closely related m17n keyboard here
• The motivation behind some basic additions made to the basic ITRANS scheme is described here, along with a tabulated comparison with several other transliteration schemes.

Consonants

The following table shows the English letters to type to get Devanagari consonants. e.g. type k for क्, ka for क, R for र्‍ (eyelash Ra for Marathi), R for ऋ, RR for ॠ, LLi for ऌ, etc.

Vowels and Vowel Signs

In the following table, independent vowels, dependent vowel signs and vowel signs combined with the consonant 'k' are shown in OPTITRANS Sanskrit Pre-Vedic transliteration scheme on the top two rows. The third row shows Devanagari Vowels in their independent form on the left and their corresponding dependent form (maatraa or vowel sign) on the right. The fourth row shows the vowel sign combined with the consonant 'k' in Devanagari. 'ka' is without any added vowel sign, where the vowel 'a' is inherent.

If there is a need to type ONLY the vowel signs, it can be done using `.` instead of a consonant. e.g. .A will output ा, .Ai will output ै.

The following table shows additional vowel signs used in Devanagari script by other languages.

Consonantal Diacritics

Arranged with the vowels are two consonantal diacritics, the final nasal anusvāra ं M and the final fricative visarga ः H (called अं aṃ and अः aḥ). Another diacritic used in other languages written in Devanagari script is the candrabindu/anunāsika ँ MM (अँ). These consonantal diacritics follow the vowel signs including the implicit `a`. The following table shows consonant `k` followed by various dependent vowel signs and consonantal diacritics ं and ः.

Conjuncts

Consonant conjuncts are automatically formed, e.g. k t produces क्त्‌.

Explicit Virama

To force an explicit virama at end of word, use .h e.g. k t .h space produces क्त्‌ .

Punctuation

Numbers

1. Press the number keys to type Devanagari digits. for example 9 produces ९.
2. For typing the Arabic digits, press the number keys and then the backspace key, for example 9 Back space produces 9.

Special Symbols

Commonly used Vedic Accents

All Documentation Versions

• Pre-Vedic Sanskrit Devanagari Phonetic (OPTITRANS) 1.0.1
• Pre-Vedic Sanskrit Devanagari Phonetic (OPTITRANS) 1.0.0

Download this keyboard

• Download optitrans_devanagari_sanskrit_pre_vedic keyboard