Monday, April 30, 2007

Devanagari Script

So blogspot has the capability to publish in the Devanagari script through a simple translation of the latin script. Here's my test and comments.

A Vedic Prayer

ॐ
असतो मा सद्गमय
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय
मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय
ॐ शांति शांति शांतिही

ॐ
Lead me from the Unreal to the Real
Lead me from Ignorance to Knowldege
Lead me from Death to Immortality
Om, peace, peace, peace

This is surprisingly easy to use. As soon as I type a word, it is converted to Devanagari so I can check the spelling and make changes. Left clicking on a converted word brings a popup list of similar spelling choices which is very useful. For example Ma (or Maa) got transliterated to maam but I could correct it through the left click menu. Easy to get a hang of methinks.

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