A simple word processing program for typing Unicode Devanāgarī and IAST romanization with a Western keyboard.

AksharaPad is much like WordPad. In AksharaPad, when you type in English keystrokes from the keyboard, Devanagari or IAST characters appear on the screen.

AksharaPad installation file  •  EXE 16.5M

AksharaPad source code  •  ZIP 1.3M  •  AksharaPad is written in Harbour and HMG.

AksharaPad can save Devanagari and romanized text to an RTF file, a standard document file format similar to a DOC file, or to a Unicode text file.

AksharaPad generates Unicode characters. You can copy text from AksharaPad to almost any other software, and save it to almost any kind of file, and it should be legible on any computer on which Unicode Devanagari fonts are installed.

AksharaPad includes several Unicode Devanagari and IAST fonts which you may optionally install on your computer.

There are two AksharaPad interface programs.

• AksharaPad Ribbon, which has a ribbon interface similar to WordPad since Windows 7.
• AksharaPad Toolbar, which has a menu and toolbar interface similar to WordPad before Windows 7.

Type the English letters to generate the Devanagari letters.

अ a आ A  ा A इ i  ि i ई I  ी I उ u  ु u ऊ U  ू U ऋ q  ृ q ॠ Q  ॄ Q ऌ w  ॢ w ॡ W  ॣ W ए e  े e ऐ ai  ै ai ओ o  ो o औ au  ौ au

क ka ख kha ग ga घ gha ङ za च ca छ cha ज ja झ jha ञ xa ट Ta ठ Tha ड Da ढ Dha ण Na त ta थ tha द da ध dha न na प pa फ pha ब ba भ bha म ma य ya र ra ल la व va श fa ष Sa स sa ह ha

ं M  ँ MM  ः H ऽ ' ळ La । . ॥ ..  ॒ _  ॑ |  ् = १ 1 २ 2 ३ 3 ४ 4 ५ 5 ६ 6 ७ 7 ८ 8 ९ 9 ० 0

ॲ aa ऄ ao ॵ aw  ॏ aw ॶ ue  ॖ ue ॷ Ue  ॗ Ue ऍ ea  ॅ ea  ॕ Ea ऎ eu  ॆ eu ꣾ ei  ꣿ ei ऑ oa  ॉ oa ऒ ou  ॊ ou ॳ oe  ऺ oe ॴ Oe  ऻ Oe

क़ k*a ख़ kh*a ग़ g*a ॻ g^a ज़ j*a ॹ Ja ॼ j^a ड़ D*a ॾ D^a ॸ d^a ढ़ Dh*a ऩ n*a फ़ ph*a ॿ b^a य़ y*a ॺ Ya ऱ r*a ऴ L*a ॽ Xa

़ *	॰ [da]	ॱ [dd]	ॎ [dm]	₹ R	₨ Rs
ँ MM	ऀ MMM	࿕ [xpr]	࿖ [xpl]	࿗ [xdr]	࿘ [xdl]

; half consonant or halanta conjunct	क्ष kSa	क्‍ष k;Sa	र्म rma	र्‍म r;ma	द्य dya	द्‍य d;ya
: halanta conjunct only	क्ष kSa	क्‌ष k:Sa	र्म rma	र्‌म r:ma	द्य dya	द्‌य d:ya
\ disjoin sequence	गौ gau	गउ ga\u	जौ jai	जइ ja\i	ध dha	द्ह d\ha
/ literal character	गो। go.	गो. go/.	१२ 12	12 /1/2	॰ [da]	[द] /[da/]
[dv] isolate vowel sign	इ i	ि [dv]i	ऐ ai	ै [dv]ai	उ u	ु [dv]u

Additional keystroke sequences are available for Vedic accents.

Praja is a non-free Unicode Devanagari font developed by Dr. Peter Freund. Praja is very similar in appearance to the non-Unicode Vedic97 font in VedaPad. The screen shots above shows AksharaPad with the Praja font.

Praja includes Devanagari, Devanagari Extended, Vedic characters, and Latin letters used in IAST romanization.

Praja is designed for Sanskrit only. The Devanagari characters in Praja include only the characters used in Sanskrit. They do not include characters used only in Hindi or other modern Indian languages.

Praja font order page