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How to Type Transliterated Sanskrit with Diacritics in Mac OSX (Video + PDF)

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Note: this PDF workflow was generated on Feb 14, 2019 using Mac OS Mojave 10.14

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There are various schemes for transliterating Sanskrit (as well as Pāli, Hindi, etc.) into Roman characters. Most common is the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) which utilizes a system of special “diacritic” marks above and below the characters (e.g., ā, ī, ś, ṣ). It is actually very easy to type on a Mac using diacritics, once you get your machine properly...

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How to Type Transliterated Sanskrit with Diacritics in Mac OSX (Video + PDF)

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