[INDOLOGY] Devanāgarī

[Patrick Olivelle]

Thank you, Adheesh. But in the version I have, Option+r does not work. It has to be Shift+r, and then one gets the two options. At least the issue is now resolved. Thanks.

Patrick



> On Oct 13, 2025, at 10:46 PM, adheesh sathaye via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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> Dear Patrick et al,
>
> On a Mac using the Devanagari QWERTY layout, one trick to get the long vocalic r glyphs is to do the following:
>
> 1. switch to the Devanagari QWERTY keyboard
> 2. press and HOLD Option+r (which would ordinarily give you the regular short vocalic r
> 3. a popup menu should appear, with two options, either ऋ or ॄ.
> 4. If you then type “1”, you can use the full long vocalic  ṝ, or if you press “2", you will be able to use the vowel marker.
>
> Hope that helps! I am using macos 11.7.10, so presumably newer versions also have this feature!
>
> with best wishes,
> Adheesh
>
>
> —
> Adheesh Sathaye
> University of British Columbia
>
>
>
>> On Oct 13, 2025, at 20:33, Hock, Hans Henrich via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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>> I have the same problem.
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>> Hans Henrich
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>>> On Oct 13, 2025, at 22:13, Patrick Olivelle via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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>>> Dear All:
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>>> I am using Devanagari-QWERTY keyboard with Sanskrit2003 font on a Macbook. I want to type the long “ṝ” in Devanagari (as in “pitṝn”), but I cannot find a way to type this in my keyboard. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thanks.
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