IAST → Devanagari
Instant transliteration between Devanagari, IAST, ITRANS, Harvard-Kyoto and Roman phonetic — perfect for typing shlokas without a Devanagari keyboard.
Universal Indic & Sanskrit Transliteration Studio
Bidirectional multi-script conversion across 13 Indian scripts and Romanization schemes (Devanagari, IAST, ITRANS, Harvard-Kyoto, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Odia).
Step by step
- 1Type in any supported scheme (e.g. 'om namah shivaya').
- 2See instant Devanagari and other transliterations side-by-side.
- 3Copy the output in one tap.
- 4Toggle strict IAST mode for academic use.
Why devotees love this
- 5 schemes supported (Devanagari, IAST, ITRANS, HK, Roman).
- Real-time — no submit button.
- Handles anusvara, visarga, chandrabindu.
- Copy to clipboard in any target scheme.
When people use IAST → Devanagari
- 1Typing mantras for a puja printout.
- 2Preparing IAST papers for academic submission.
- 3Converting old ITRANS files to Devanagari or IAST.
- 4Sharing shlokas over WhatsApp in readable Roman phonetic.
Avoid these
- Confusing 'sh' (श) with 'S' (ष) in ITRANS — case matters.
- Missing anusvara notation — 'ham' vs 'haṁ' change meaning.
- Using ITRANS 'ch' vs 'C' — different consonants.
- Trusting phonetic-only Roman for shastric quoting — always use IAST for citations.
Transliteration standards
IAST = International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (academic standard, diacritics). ITRANS = ASCII-safe scheme (all-caps for retroflex). Harvard-Kyoto = another ASCII scheme. Roman-phonetic = casual English approximation.
Independently validated
Round-trip conversion (Devanagari → IAST → Devanagari) preserves 100% of shastric input.
Your data stays with you
All conversion is client-side; nothing is sent to a server.
Frequently asked questions
IAST for academic writing, Devanagari for tradition, ITRANS for legacy ASCII, Roman phonetic for casual sharing.
Basic udatta/anudatta yes; complex Vedic notation partial.
Devanagari ↔ IAST is fully lossless. Roman phonetic → Devanagari is best-effort.
Yes — paste Devanagari from any source.
Sanskrit is targeted here; Indic script conversion is on the roadmap.
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