Originally Posted by
smaranam
Namaste
While you wait for the answer, and diacritics can be cool, I have an easier suggestion, which does not need anything you don't already have such as fonts.
Shri VaishNav literature uses this simple convention. I use it all the time.
A (long) as in kAraN (kaaaaraN)
a (short) as in mana
U (long) as in mumukshU, jidnyAsU, SambhU (do, cool, root)
u (short) as in taru, karuNA
I (long) as in sharIra
i (short) as in smita
n as in nAstik
N as in kAraN, karuNA, lAvaNya, smaraNam, gaNapati
R as in Rshi Rtu kRshNa sRshTI dRshTI (between ru and ri)
T as in kanTha, kaThor
t as in tAmas, tapas
D as in DamrU, sudRDh, Dhol (daddy)
d as in dAitva, dayA, dRshTi, dAsya (there)
L as in aNDaL, mALa, kuLa (usually in other languages, while sanskRt keeps in simple kula, mAla, kalA, kAla as in letter)
l as in laukik, kalA (lost)
anuswAr (the dot, bindu above a consonant) in two sounds:
M as in hauMsa or haMsa, kauMsa or kaMsa, gaM
n as in mangal, pongal, anDaL, manDala
OPTIONAL (I don't use these)
S as in pASAN, SoDaSa (shine, shore)
but within this there are two sounds inn devnAgari - end and middle/beginning)
S1 (middle of word) - pASAN, viS, puSkar, AkarSaN
S2 (beginning or end of word) - kuSal, Soka, vinAS, SambhU
C as in Cara aCara ACArya (chair)
c as in mAnasic, kAyic, vACic (classic, cat)
I should make a complete chart, this has been asked more than once.
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