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:manmanual: sanskrit-iast
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NAME
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iast - a helper for Sanskrit transliteration
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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*iast* [*-h*] [*-v*] [*-f* 'FILE']... [*-r* | *-c* | *-e*] ['TEXT ARGUMENTS']...
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DESCRIPTION
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*iast* is a tool for the lossless transliteration of Sanskrit terms written in
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Devanagari into Latin using the IAST scheme (International Alphabet of Sanskrit
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Transliteration).
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The program allows to perform transliteration either on all non-option
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arguments or on whole files specified by the *-f* option. By default, it
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performs transliteration from Devanagari to a corresponding romanised version,
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but using the *-r* switch, reverse transliteration can be performed, converting
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romanised texts back into Devanagari.
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OPTIONS
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*-f* 'FILE'::
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Input file for processing.
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*-r*::
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Use reverse transliteration (from Latin to Devanagari).
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*-c*::
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Transcript a Devanagari text into Czech.
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*-e*::
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Convert a symbolic ASCII(7) text to IAST representation.
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*-h*::
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Show usage information and exit.
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*-v*::
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Show version number and exit.
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ENCODING
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When the flag '-e' is set on, the program converts purely ASCII-encoded strings
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into the special characters of the IAST alphabet. For example, it converts
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"sam.skr.tam" to "saṃskṛtam" or "s,a-stram" to "śāstram".
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The encoding scheme is based on the following principle: characters "-", ".",
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"," and "~" are considered to be modifiers that modify a letter that stands
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before the modifier. For example, if the string to be encoded contains "a-",
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it will be encoded as "ā" and the sequence "n~" as "ñ" and so on. The only
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exception from the rule is the letter "n" because it can be encoded both with
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an over-dot (ṅ) and under-dot (ṇ). For the over-dot variant, the conversion
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sequence is "n^.".
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Alternatively, the Czech characters "á", "í", "ú", "š" and "ň" can be used as
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shortcuts to encode the letters "ā", "ī", "ū", "ś" and "ñ" respectively.
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AUTHOR
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Copyright (c) 2018, 2020 Vlasta Vesely <vlastavesely@protonmail.ch>
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REPORTING BUGS
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--------------
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If you encounter a bug, you should make sure that you are using the latest
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version of the software. If you do and the bug is still present, you can
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report it using either the issues tracker on GitLab or GitHub.
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GitLab: <https://gitlab.com/vlastavesely/sanskrit-iast/issues> +
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GitHub: <https://github.com/vlastavesely/sanskrit-iast/issues>
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LICENSE AND WARRANTY
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--------------------
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This software is released under the terms of the GPL license version 2 as
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published by the Free Software Foundation.
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See <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt> for more details.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
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FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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