This is a sequel of sorts to a message I sent to the list a couple of
weeks ago where I mentioned that I've been experimenting with
typesetting Devanagari using XeTeX.
One part of the experiment was to develop a TECkit mapping to convert
Unicode-encoded IAST text into Devanagari. Then I stumbled
Hi David,
my knowledge is not deep enough so correct me if I am wrong. Sankrit
is written originally in Devanagari. Tibetan script contains retroflex
consonants that are not used in the Tibetan language but were
introduced so that Sanskrit texts could be rewritten in the Tibetan
script in such a w
Hi, Zdeněk,
Good question. I'm definitely not an expert, but my understanding is
that historically it went the other way. That is, for most of its
history as a written language, Sanskrit was routinely written in
whatever script was used for the local vernacular, but that in recent
centuries it's
