NPM Package : devanagari-transliterate

The package transliteration texts from Devanagari देवनागरी (devanāgarī) script to Latin script based on ISO 15919. Additionally the application transliterate texts from Latin script based on IAST, or Harvard-Kyoto, or SLP-1 or ISO 15919 to Devanagari देवनागरी (devanāgarī) script. To experiment functionality of this package use the Devanagari Transliterator App website on you browser.

Install Node, NPM and then install this package

npm install devanagari-transliterate

Usage

Import the "devanagari-transliterate" package

const sanskrittransliterate = require("devanagari-transliterate");

Method call in code

sanskrittransliterate(type, direction, input, ISOOnly)

type

'SLP'
'HK'
'IAST'
'ISO'

direction

'latin2devanagari'
'devanagari2latin'

input

text in SLP-1 for devanāgarī
text in Harvard-Kyoto for devanāgarī
text in IAST for devanāgarī
text in ISO-15919 for devanāgarī
text in देवनागरी

ISOOnly

true
false

SLP-1 transliteration examples :

console.log('SLP >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("SLP","latin2devanagari","saMskfta", false));  
    // Expected SLP >> देवनागरी : संस्कृत
console.log('SLP >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("SLP","latin2devanagari","manu1\\^ maˆjnâ ja\\h na/m vâhthāˆ ma\\nu prasthaH jaV maZ", false)); 
    // Expected SLP >> देवनागरी : मनु१॒॑  म॑ज्न॑  ज॒ह्  न꣫म्  व॑ह्था॑  म॒नु  प्रस्थः  जᳶ  मᳵ
console.log('SLP >> ISO : ', sanskrittransliterate("SLP","latin2devanagari","saMskfta", true)); 
    // Expected SLP >> ISO :  saṁskr̥ta
console.log('SLP >> ISO : ', sanskrittransliterate("SLP","latin2devanagari","manu1\\^ maˆjnâ ja\\h na/m vâhthāˆ ma\\nu prasthaH jaV maZ", true)); 
    // Expected SLP >> ISO : manu1̱̍ ma̍jna̍ ja̱h na꣫m va̍hthā̍ ma̱nu prasthaḥ jaᳶ maᳵ

Harvard-Kyoto transliteration examples :

console.log('H-K >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("HK","latin2devanagari","saMskRta", false)); 
    // Expected H-K >> देवनागरी : संस्कृत
console.log('H-K >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("HK","latin2devanagari","anuklRp klRRmanyaplRRn", false)); 
    // Expected H-K >> देवनागरी : अनुकॢप् अनुकलृप्  कॣमंयपॣन् कलॄमंयपलॄन्
console.log('H-K >> ISO : ', sanskrittransliterate("HK","latin2devanagari","saMskRta", true)); 
    // Expected H-K >> ISO :  saṁskr̥ta
console.log('H-K >> ISO : ', sanskrittransliterate("HK","latin2devanagari","anuklRp klRRmanyaplRRn", true)); 
    // Expected H-K >> ISO : anukl̥p kl̥̄manyapl̥̄n

IAST transliteration examples :

console.log('IAST >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("IAST","latin2devanagari","saṃskṛta", false));  
    // Expected IAST >> देवनागरी : संस्कृत
console.log('IAST >> ISO : ', sanskrittransliterate("IAST","latin2devanagari","saṃskṛta", true)); 
    // Expected IAST >> ISO :  saṁskr̥ta

ISO transliteration examples :

console.log('ISO >> देवनागरी : ', sanskrittransliterate("ISO","latin2devanagari","samskr̥ta", false));  
    // Expected ISO >> देवनागरी : संस्कृत
console.log('देवनागरी >> ISO : ', sanskrittransliterate("ISO","latin2devanagari","maˆjnâ jàh nám vâhthāˆ ma̲nu", false)); 
    // Expected देवनागरी >> म॑ज्न॑  ज॒ह्  न꣫म्  व॑ह्था॑  म॒नु

देवनागरी transliteration examples :

console.log('देवनागरी >> ISO : ', sanskrittransliterate("ISO","devanagari2latin","संस्कृता", false)); 
    // Expected देवनागरी >> ISO with strict nasalisation :  samskr̥tā

Execution

Given the above JavaScript code is included into a script.js file : node script.js

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Contact Author

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Code

bkis/devanagari-transliterate