Vowels (dependent and independent): ------- a aa/A i ii/I u uu/U RRi/R^i RRI/R^I LLi/L^i LLI/L^I e ai o au aM aH Example: aaii or AI Consonants: ----------- k kh g gh ~N ch Ch j jh ~n T Th D Dh N t th d dh n p ph b bh m y r l v / w sh Sh s h L x / kSh GY / j~n / dny shr R (for marathi half-RA) L / ld (marathi LLA) Example: aaii laaDU sa.npale! Specials/Accents: ----------------- Anusvara: .n / M / .m (dot on top of previous consonant/vowel) Avagraha: .a (`S' like symbol basically to replace a after o) Ardhachandra: .c (for vowel sound as in english words `cat' or `talk') Chandra-Bindu: .N (chandra-bindu on top of previous letter) Halant: .h (to get half-form of the consonant - no vowel - virama) Visarga: H (visarga - looks like a colon character) Om: OM, AUM (Om symbol)
.. gaaNyaache naav .. %Most popular line %2 line breaks gaayiKaa, naav gaayak, naav giit, naav sa.ngiit, naav chitrapaT/naaTak, naav %2 line breaks dhR^ivapad .. dhR^i\. .. %1 line break pahila kaDava .. 1 .. %1 line break dusara kaDava .. 2 .. : : : Example: .. gajaananaa shriigaNaraayaa .. gaayikaa: lataa ma.ngeshakar giit: shaa.ntaa sheLake sa.ngiit: pa.n\. hR^idayanaath ma.ngeshakar gajaananaa shriigaNaraayaa aadhii va.nduu tuja morayaa ma.ngalamuurtii shriigaNaraayaa aadhii va.nduu tuja morayaa .. dhR^i\. .. si.nduracharchita dhavaLe a.nga cha.ndana_uTii khulavii ra.nga baghataa maanas hote da.nga jiiva jaDalaa charaNii tujhiyaa .. 1 .. gauriitanayaa bhaalacha.ndraa devaa kR^ipechyaa tuu samudraa varadavinaayaka karuNaagaaraa avadhii vighne nesii vilayaa .. 2 ..