Appendix B: Text Input System

(1)
Sanskrit diacritics are entered using the Unicode Standard Encoding (utf-8):
vowels and diphthongs:
a, ā, i, ī, u, ū, ṛ, ṝ, ḷ, e, ai, o, au
gutturals:
k, kh, g, gh, ṅ
palatals:
c, ch, j, jh, ñ
cerebrals:
ṭ, ṭh, ḍ, ḍh, ṇ
dentals:
t, th, d, dh, n
labials:
p, ph, b, bh, m
semivowels:
y, r, l, v
sibilants:
ś, ṣ, s
aspirate:
h
anusvāra:
visarga:
avagraha:
'
(2)
Anusvāra is transliterated by:
before gutturals
ñ
before palatals
before cerebrals
n
before dentals
m
before labials