[INDOLOGY] Anusvara in IAST transliteration

[Fabrice Duvinage]

I used to correct the orthograph of Sanskrit words in the French Wikipedia.
We would discuss months about the right transliteration system (I was the
only Indologist) and they decided to take a simplified version. I just
demand that IAST be mentioned. In the French Wiktionary, it was more
problematic, because they decided that “samsar*â* » and “nirvanâ”, would be
french ways of writing “samsâra” and “nirvâna” because they found some
occurences. They never admitted it was only a typing error and banned me
forever because I lost my temper after weeks of discussion.
Fabrice Duvinage
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Le mer. 4 mars 2026 à 07:48, Patricia SAUTHOFF via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> a écrit :

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> *From:* INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of Jan
> Kučera via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 4, 2026 6:56 AM
> *To:* Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com>; indology at list.indology.info <
> indology at list.indology.info>
> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Anusvara in IAST transliteration
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> ISO 15919 had a 7-bit transliteration scheme. I removed it in the upcoming
> edition.
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>
> Thanks,
>
> Jan Kučera
>
> *ल* Institute of South and Central Asia Students, Prague
>
>
>
> *From:* INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> *On Behalf Of *Dominik
> Wujastyk via INDOLOGY
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 3, 2026 8:53 PM
> *To:* indology at list.indology.info
> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Anusvara in IAST transliteration
>
>
>
> PS, on the ISO 15919 wikipedia page
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_15919>, I notice a column labelled
> "7-bit ISO".  I have no idea where that comes from.  It bears no relation
> to what anyone actually does (HK, SLP, etc.)  Perhaps it's in the standard
> somewhere, but the ISO standard is paywalled and I don't care enough to
> cough up the 159 swiss francs.
>
>
>
> It's a long-standing scandal that ISO standards, which are ultimately paid
> for from our taxes, are not public.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Dominik
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