NPM Package : devanagari-transliterate
The package transliteration texts from Devanagari देवनागरी (devanāgarī) script to Latin script based on ISO 15919. Additionally the application transliterate texts from Latin script based on IAST, or Harvard-Kyoto, or SLP-1 or ISO 15919 to Devanagari देवनागरी (devanāgarī) script. To experiment functionality of this package use the Devanagari Transliterator App website on you browser.
Install Node, NPM and then install this package
npm install devanagari-transliterate
Usage
Import the "devanagari-transliterate" package
const sanskrittransliterate = require("devanagari-transliterate");
Method call in code
sanskrittransliterate(type, direction, input, strict)
type
'SLP'
'HK'
'IAST'
'ISO'
direction
'latin2devanagari'
'latin2ISO'
'devanagari2latin'
input
text in SLP-1 for devanāgarī
text in Harvard-Kyoto for devanāgarī
text in IAST for devanāgarī
text in ISO-15919 for devanāgarī
text in देवनागरी
strict (optional)
false (default)
true
SLP-1 transliteration examples :
console.log('SLP >> ISO : ', sanskrittransliterate("SLP","latin2ISO","saMskfta"));
// Expected SLP >> ISO : saṁskr̥ta
console.log('SLP >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("SLP","latin2devanagari","lfYc lfMc"));
// Expected SLP >> देवनागरी : लृञ्च् लृच्
console.log('SLP >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("SLP","latin2devanagari","lAMc liMc lIMc luMc lUMc lfMc lxMc leMc lEMc loMc lOMc laMc"));
// Expected SLP >> देवनागरी : लांच् लिंच् लींच् लुंच् लूंच् लृंच् लॢंच् लेंच् लैंच् लोंच् लौंच् लंच्
console.log('SLP >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("SLP","latin2devanagari","manu1\\^ maˆjnâ ja\\h na/m vâhthāˆ ma\\nu prasthaH jaV maZ", true));
// Expected SLP >> देवनागरी : मनु१॒॑ म॑ज्न॑ ज॒ह् न꣫म् व॑ह्था॑ म॒नु प्रस्थः जᳶ मᳵ
console.log('SLP >> ISO : ', sanskrittransliterate("SLP","latin2ISO","manu1\\^ maˆjnâ ja\\h na/m vâhthāˆ ma\\nu prasthaH jaV maZ"));
// Expected SLP >> ISO : manu1̱̍ ma̍jna̍ ja̱h na꣫m va̍hthā̍ ma̱nu prasthaḥ jaᳶ maᳵ
Harvard-Kyoto transliteration examples :
console.log('H-K >> ISO : ', sanskrittransliterate("HK","latin2ISO","saMskRta"));
// Expected H-K >> ISO : saṁskr̥ta
console.log('H-K >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("HK","latin2devanagari","lRJc"));
// Expected H-K >> देवनागरी : ऌञ्च् लृञ्च्
console.log('H-K >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("HK","latin2devanagari","lRJc", true));
// Expected H-K >> देवनागरी : ऌंच् लृंच्
console.log('H-K >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("HK","latin2devanagari","anuklRp klRRmanyaplRRn"));
// Expected H-K >> देवनागरी : अनुकॢप् अनुकलृप् कॣमंयपॣन् कलॄमंयपलॄन्
console.log('H-K >> ISO : ', sanskrittransliterate("HK","latin2ISO","anuklRp klRRmanyaplRRn"));
// Expected H-K >> ISO : anukl̥p kl̥̄manyapl̥̄n
IAST transliteration examples :
console.log('IAST >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("IAST","latin2devanagari","saṃskṛta", true));
// Expected IAST >> देवनागरी : संस्कृत
console.log('IAST >> ISO : ', sanskrittransliterate("IAST","latin2ISO","saṃskṛta"));
// Expected IAST >> ISO : saṁskr̥ta
ISO transliteration examples :
console.log('ISO >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("ISO","latin2devanagari","samskr̥ta", true));
// Expected ISO >> देवनागरी : संस्कृत
console.log('ISO >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("ISO","latin2devanagari","laṁc lāṁc liṁc līṁc luṁc lūṁc lr̥ṁc ll̥ṁc leṁc lēṁc laiṁc loṁc lōṁc lauṁc laṁc"));
// Expected ISO >> देवनागरी : लंच् लांच् लिंच् लींच् लुंच् लूंच् लृंच् लॢंच् लेंच् लेंच् लैंच् लोंच् लोंच् लौंच् लंच्
console.log('देवनागरी >> ISO : ', sanskrittransliterate("ISO","latin2devanagari","maˆjnâ jàh nám vâhthāˆ ma̲nu"));
// Expected देवनागरी >> म॑ज्न॑ ज॒ह् न꣫म् व॑ह्था॑ म॒नु
देवनागरी transliteration examples :
console.log('देवनागरी >> ISO with strict nasalisation : ', sanskrittransliterate("ISO","devanagari2latin","संस्कृता"));
// Expected देवनागरी >> ISO with strict nasalisation : samskr̥tā
Execution
Given the above JavaScript code is included into a script.js file : node script.js
License
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.