Devanāgarī Sanskrit and Tibetan Alphabet with Transliterations
By Zhu Jingmin
? 2009 Research Institute of Sanskrit Manuscripts & Buddhist Literature, Peking University
1. Devanāgarī Sanskrit
1.1 Vowels
1.1.1 Simple Vowels
Devanāgarī??????????
Tibetan transliteration?"??"?$%??(???*?
Romanized transliteration aāiīuū????
1.1.2 Diphthongs
Devanāgarī????
Tibetan transliteration????????
Romanized transliteration e ai o au
1.2 Consonants
1.2.1 Mutes
1.2.1.1 Gutturals
Devanāgarī?????
Tibetan transliteration?????
Romanized transliteration ka kha ga gha?a
1.2.1.2 Palatals
Devanāgarī?????
Tibetan transliteration?????
Romanized transliteration ca cha ja jha?a
1.2.1.3 Linguals
Devanāgarī?????
Tibetan transliteration?????
Romanized transliteration?a?ha?a?ha?a
1.2.1.4 Dentals
Devanāgarī?????
Tibetan transliteration?????
Romanized transliteration ta tha da dha na
1.2.1.5 Labials
Devanāgarī?????
Tibetan transliteration?????
Romanized transliteration pa pha ba bha ma 1.2.2 Semivowels
Devanāgarī????
Tibetan transliteration??????
Romanized transliteration ya ra la va 1.2.3 Sibilants
Devanāgarī???
Tibetan transliteration???
Romanized transliteration?a?a sa 1.2.4 Aspiration
Devanāgarī?
Tibetan transliteration?
Romanized transliteration ha 1.3 Assistant Signs
Devanāgarī???
Tibetan transliteration?
Romanized transliteration??~
1.4* Combinations (examples)
DevanāgarīS T U?V W
Tibetan transliteration?R"S T
Romanized transliteration k?a j?a kta tra tta
2. Tibetan
2.1 Consonants
Tibetan????????Romanized
ka kha ga nga/?a ca cha ja nya/?a transliteration
Tibetan????????
Romanized
ta tha da na pa pha ba ma transliteration
Tibetan????????
Romanized
tsa tsha dza va/wa zha za’a/?a ya transliteration
Tibetan??????
Romanized
transliteration ra la sha/?a sa ha a
2.2 Vowels
Tibetan???$????
Romanized transliteration a i u e o
2.3 Combinations (examples)
Tibetan?[??\]^_
Romanized transliteration bsgrugs kya kra kla kva
2.4 Tibetan transliteration from Sanskrit (an example)
Devanāgarī????Y Z?[?Y??????
Tibetan?????`?a??b????c???
Romanized transliteration namo Guru-ma?jugho?āya|