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iast(1)
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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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iast [-h] [-v] [-e] [-c] [--] [text arguments]
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OPTIONS
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*-h*::
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show help and exit
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*-v*::
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show version number and exit
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*-c*::
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use Czech transliteration instead of plain IAST scheme
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*-e*::
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convert symbolic ASCII text to IAST representation
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*--*::
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read data from the standard input
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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 International Alphabet of Sanskrit
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Transliteration (IAST).
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By default, the program takes all input arguments written in Devanagari and
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transliterates them to IAST version.
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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 sequence "n~" as "ñ". The only exception from
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the rule is the letter "n" because it can be encoded both with an over-dot (ṅ)
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and under-dot (ṇ). For the over-dot variant, the conversion 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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COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (c) 2018 Vlasta Vesely
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LICENSING AND WARRANTY
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
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by the Free Software Foundation.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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