Under orders of the Council the following system of transli¬ 
teration will be adopted for the future in all publications of the Society. 
Authors of papers for the Journal , Pt. I, are particularly requested to 
adhere to it in their contributions. 
A. FOR THE DEVANAGARl ALPHABET, AND FOR ALL 
ALPHABETS RELATED TO IT. 
a, T h 
$ i, ^ u 
, ^ u , 
^ r, 
f, ® le, 
^ o, 
d, $ 
ai , ^ 
aw, m, * ~ : h 
^ ft, 
^ ft ft, 
9, 
9 gh. 
* V 
* c, 
W eft, 
* jh. 
h 
* t, 
S th, 
* 4, 
<e dll, 
m n 
SO 
IT 
^ th, 
^ d. 
V dft, 
«T n 
V P, 
^ ph, 
R b, 
*r 6ft, 
m 
* y, 
\r, 
l, 
^ r, 
[SS l) 
^ Q, 
* h 
^ s , 
^ ft. 
In the above the virdma has been omitted for the sake of clearness. 
In Modern Vernaculars only; ^ may be represented by r, and 
by fh. 
Avagraha is to be represented by an apostrophe, thus so 'pi. 
Visarga is represented by ft, Jihvamuliya by ft, and Upadhmaniya by ft. 
Anusvdra is represented by m, thus * 3^31 saihsarga , and anundsika by the 
sign ~ over the letter nasalized, thus ^ a , a, and so on. The uddtta 
accent is represented by the sign ' and the svarita by A . Thus, 
agnih , janita, leva , 5^1 hanya. The anudatta accent may be 
represented by \ Thus, % ^ avardhanta . 
B. FOR PERSIAN (INCLUDING- ARABIC WORDS IN 
PERSIAN) AND HINDUSTANI. 
(The system is not applicable to Arabic ivhen pronounced as in Arabic* 
speaking countries ) : — 
Vowels. 
Consonants. 
Sounds on 
ly found in 
Hindustani. 
* 
1 
a 
V b 
bh 
1 
a 
V P 
ph 
■ 1 
• 
i 
o t 
th 
L$[ 
l 
o 
t 
• 
<£—! 
e 
• 
th 
1 
u 
£> s 
•• 
- 
jf 
u 
S 3 
jb 
Ji 
0 
5 c 
ch 
