This keyboard follows a scheme which is somewhat similar to IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) transliteration scheme.
There are some variations but they are not too difficult to understand. e.g.
- Type 'a' for 'अ' and 'aa' for 'आ'
- Type 'i' for 'इ' and 'ii' for 'ई'
- Type 'u' for 'उ' and 'uu' for 'ऊ'
- Type 'au' for 'ओ' and 'ao' for 'औ'
Use a vowel after a consonent to put 'matra' to the consonent. e.g.
- Use 'i' after the consonent to get ह्रस्व इ मात्रा and 'ii' to get दीर्घ ई मात्रा.
e.g. 'mi' would result into 'मि' and 'mii' would result in 'मी'
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Use 'u' after the consonent to get ह्रस्व उ मात्रा and 'uu' to get दीर्घ ऊ मात्रा.
e.g. 'ku' would result into 'कु' and 'kuu' would result in 'कू'
Dental and Retroflexes
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For dentals 'त्', 'थ्', 'द्', 'ध्', 'न्', use 't', 'th', 'd', 'dh', 'n' respectively. Add 'a' after them to get a complete consonent.
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For retroflexes, 'ट्', 'ठ्', 'ड्', 'ढ्', 'ण्', use upper case letters 'T', 'Th', 'D', 'Dh', 'N'.
Swar Sandhis supported
Deergha Sandhi
- अ/आ + आ/अ = आ
- इ/ई + ई/इ = ई
- उ/ऊ + ऊ/उ = ऊ
- ऋ/ऋृ + ऋृ/ऋ = ऋ
Guna Sandhi
- अ/आ + इ/ई = ए
- अ/आ + उ/ऊ = ओ
- अ/आ + ऋ/ॠ = अर्
- ऋ/ऋृ + ऋृ/ऋ = ऋ
Vruddhi Sandhi
- अ/आ + ए/ऐ = ऐ
- अ/आ + ओ/औ = औ
YaN (यण्) Sandhi (इको यणचि)
- इ/ई + अ = य
- इ/ई + आ = या
- इ/ई + ए/ऐ = यै
- उ/ऊ + अ = व
- उ/ऊ + आ = वा
- उ/ऊ + ए = वे
- उ/ऊ + ऐ = वै
- ऋ/ॠ + अ = र
- ऋ/ॠ + आ = रा
- ऋ/ॠ + उ = त्र्यु
- ऋ/ॠ + उ = त्र्यु
- ऋ/ॠ + उ = त्र्यु