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Transliteration, Transcription and Pronunciation of Tamil and Sanskrit

· Spirituality/Ramana Maharshi/Context · 1 min read · #fundamentals

# Transliteration, Transcription and Pronunciation of Tamil and Sanskrit

https://www.sriramanateachings.org/transliteration.html

Points touched upon

  • Michael James’s transliteration scheme, drawn from IAST, the Tamil Lexicon, the Kolkata National Library scheme, ALA-LC and ISO 15919.
  • A transliteration table and a pronunciation guide for vowels, consonantal diacritics and consonants.
  • The difference between precise transliteration and simple transcription.
  • Transliterating Tamil script: vowels, the aytam or ‘hermaphrodite letter’, consonants, and the Grantha letters used in Tamil.
  • Transliterating Devanagari: Sanskrit vowels, consonantal diacritics and how Sanskrit consonants are grouped, plus a PDF copy of the page.
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