Transliteration Tool

Transliteration Tool#

Convert Harvard-Kyoto or IAST input into Devanāgarī/IAST output
caution: the tool may produce incorrect output for some corner cases

Devanāgarī <-> IAST <-> HK mapping Table#

Vowels

Devanāgarī	अ	आ	इ	ई	उ	ऊ	ऋ	ॠ	ऌ	ॡ	ए	ऐ	ओ	औ	अं	अः
IAST	a	ā	i	ī	u	ū	ṛ	ṝ	ḷ	ḹ	e	ai	o	au	ṃ	ḥ
Harvard–Kyoto	a	A	i	I	u	U	R	RR	L	LL	e	ai	o	au	M	H

Diacritics / Vowel signs

Devanāgarī (sign)	ा	ि	ी	ु	ू	ृ	ॄ	ॢ	ॣ	े	ै	ो	ौ	ं	ः
IAST (vowel)	ā	i	ī	u	ū	ṛ	ṝ	ḷ	ḹ	e	ai	o	au	ṃ	ḥ
Harvard–Kyoto	A	i	I	u	U	R	RR	L	LL	e	ai	o	au	M	H

Consonants - Varga Tables

Velar (ka-varga)#

Devanāgarī	क	ख	ग	घ	ङ
IAST	k	kh	g	gh	ṅ
Harvard–Kyoto	k	kh	g	gh	G

Palatal (ca-varga)#

Devanāgarī	च	छ	ज	झ	ञ
IAST	c	ch	j	jh	ñ
Harvard–Kyoto	c	ch	j	jh	J

Retroflex (ṭa-varga)#

Devanāgarī	ट	ठ	ड	ढ	ण
IAST	ṭ	ṭh	ḍ	ḍh	ṇ
Harvard–Kyoto	T	Th	D	Dh	N

Dental (ta-varga)#

Devanāgarī	त	थ	द	ध	न
IAST	t	th	d	dh	n
Harvard–Kyoto	t	th	d	dh	n

Labial (pa-varga)#

Devanāgarī	प	फ	ब	भ	म
IAST	p	ph	b	bh	m
Harvard–Kyoto	p	ph	b	bh	m

Semivowels#

Devanāgarī	य	र	ल	व
IAST	y	r	l	v
Harvard–Kyoto	y	r	l	v

Sibilants & aspirate#

Devanāgarī	श	ष	स	ह
IAST	ś	ṣ	s	h
Harvard–Kyato	S	z	s	h

Notes

_Notes:_ HK uses uppercase letters for many retroflex or nasal diacritics (for example `T` = ṭ, `D` = ḍ, `N` = ṇ, `G` = ṅ, `J` = ñ). Aspirated consonants are represented as digraphs (e.g., `kh`, `gh`, `ch`, `jh`, `th`, `dh`, `ph`, `bh`).