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Conventions of transcription:

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For the transliteration and transcription of the Brahmi the following conventions are used:


(*) traces of an akṣara


() less than the half of an akṣara


[] more than the half of an akṣara


The akṣaras are transliterated according to western tradition. The "Fremdzeichen" are transcribed by capital letters not as underlined characters for avoiding misinterpretation as links in the Net. The encoding is also shown in a table .


Examples:


• kÜse yŚiṃŚÄ pi-lkw^ā-streṃ
\ (Virama) \, (Virama)

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