IAST Transliteration

This chart shows one of the mappings between Devanāgarī and Romanization. This mapping is known as IAST and is a standard Romanization scheme for Devanāgarī and other Indic scripts.

अ a		आ ā	ा ā	ॐ oṁ	क ka	ख kha	ग ga	घ gha	ङ ṅa
इ i	ि i	ई ī	ी ī		च ca	छ cha	ज ja	झ jha	ञ ña
उ u	ु u	ऊ ū	ू ū		ट ṭa	ठ ṭha	ड ḍa	ढ ḍha	ण ṇa
ऋ ṛ	ृ ṛ	ॠ ṝ	ॄ ṝ		त ta	थ tha	द da	ध dha	न na
ऌ ḷ	ॢ ḷ	ॡ ḹ	ॣ ḹ		प pa	फ pha	ब ba	भ bha	म ma
ए e	े e	ऐ ai	ै ai		य ya	र ra	ल la	व va
ओ o	ो o	औ au	ौ au		श śa	ष ṣa	स sa	ह ha
ं ṃ	ँ ṃ*	ः ḥ	ऽ '		क़ qa	ख़ k͟ha	ग़ ġa	ज़ za	झ़ zha
ऍ e*	ॅ e*	ऎ e*	ॆ e*		ड़ ṛa*	ढ़ ṛha*	ऩ na*	फ़ fa	य़ ya*
ऑ o*	ॉ o*	ऒ o*	ॊ o*		ऱ ra*	ळ ḻa	ऴ ḻa*	़
। \|	॥ \|\|	॰ .			॒	॑	॓	॔
१ 1	२ 2	३ 3	४ 4	५ 5	६ 6	७ 7	८ 8	९ 9	० 0

* Not uniquely romanized. Such a character
can be converted from Devanāgarī but not to it.