Here is a comprehensive IAST to Devanagari, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia and Kannada transliteration reference table. This table helps you convert standardized Sanskrit IAST romanizations into Indic scripts.
- IAST: International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration – uses diacritics (e.g. ā, ī, ṇ).
- Each row shows one phoneme across different scripts.
- Tamil lacks certain consonants and aspirates; approximate characters used.
- Tamil uses fewer diacritics and script limitations exist for voiced aspirates and retroflex sounds.
| IAST | Devanagari | Bengali | Gujarati | Tamil | Telugu | Kannada | Malayalam | Odia |
|---|
| a | अ | অ | અ | அ | అ | ಅ | അ | ଅ |
| ā | आ | আ | આ | ஆ | ఆ | ಆ | ആ | ଆ |
| i | इ | ই | ઇ | இ | ఇ | ಇ | ഇ | ଇ |
| ī | ई | ঈ | ઈ | ஈ | ఈ | ಈ | ഈ | ଈ |
| u | उ | উ | ઉ | உ | ఉ | ಉ | ഉ | ଉ |
| ū | ऊ | ঊ | ઊ | ஊ | ఊ | ಊ | ഊ | ଊ |
| ṛ | ऋ | ঋ | ઋ | ரு | ఋ | ಋ | ഋ | ଋ |
| ṝ | ॠ | ৠ | ૠ | ரூ | ౠ | ೠ | ൠ | ୠ |
| ḷ | ऌ | ৡ | ઌ | ளு | ఌ | ಌ | ഌ | ଌ |
| ḹ | ॡ | ৡ | ૡ | ளூ | ౡ | ೡ | ൡ | ୡ |
| e | ए | এ | એ | எ | ఎ | ಎ | എ | ଏ |
| ai | ऐ | ঐ | ઐ | ஐ | ఐ | ಐ | ഐ | ଐ |
| o | ओ | ও | ઓ | ஒ | ఒ | ಒ | ഒ | ଓ |
| au | औ | ঔ | ઔ | ஔ | ఔ | ಔ | ഔ | ଔ |
| IAST | Devanagari | Bengali | Gujarati | Tamil | Telugu | Kannada | Malayalam | Odia |
|---|
| ka | क | ক | ક | க | క | ಕ | ക | କ |
| kha | ख | খ | ખ | க | ఖ | ಖ | ഖ | ଖ |
| ga | ग | গ | ગ | க | గ | ಗ | ഗ | ଗ |
| gha | घ | ঘ | ઘ | க | ఘ | ಘ | ഘ | ଘ |
| ṅa | ङ | ঙ | ઙ | ங | ఙ | ಙ | ങ | ଙ |
| ca | च | চ | ચ | ச | చ | ಚ | ച | ଚ |
| cha | छ | ছ | છ | ச | ఛ | ಛ | ഛ | ଛ |
| ja | ज | জ | જ | ஜ | జ | ಜ | ജ | ଜ |
| jha | झ | ঝ | ઝ | ஜ | ఝ | ಝ | ഝ | ଝ |
| ña | ञ | ঞ | ઞ | ஞ | ఞ | ಞ | ഞ | ଞ |
| ṭa | ट | ট | ટ | ட | ట | ಟ | ട | ଟ |
| ṭha | ठ | ঠ | ઠ | ட | ఠ | ಠ | ഠ | ଠ |
| ḍa | ड | ড | ડ | ட | డ | ಡ | ഡ | ଡ |
| ḍha | ढ | ঢ | ઢ | ட | ఢ | ಢ | ഢ | ଢ |
| ṇa | ण | ণ | ણ | ண | ణ | ಣ | ണ | ଣ |
| ta | त | ত | ત | த | త | ತ | ത | ତ |
| tha | थ | থ | થ | த | థ | ಥ | ഥ | ଥ |
| da | द | দ | દ | த | ద | ದ | ദ | ଦ |
| dha | ध | ধ | ધ | த | ధ | ಧ | ധ | ଧ |
| na | न | ন | ન | ந | న | ನ | ന | ନ |
| pa | प | প | પ | ப | ప | ಪ | പ | ପ |
| pha | फ | ফ | ફ | ப | ఫ | ಫ | ഫ | ଫ |
| ba | ब | ব | બ | ப | బ | ಬ | ബ | ବ |
| bha | भ | ভ | ભ | ப | భ | ಭ | ഭ | ଭ |
| ma | म | ম | મ | ம | మ | ಮ | മ | ମ |
| ya | य | য | ય | ய | య | ಯ | യ | ଯ |
| ra | र | র | ર | ர | ర | ರ | ര | ର |
| la | ल | ল | લ | ல | ల | ಲ | ല | ଲ |
| va | व | ব/ভ | વ | வ | వ | ವ | വ | ୱ / ବ |
| śa | श | শ | શ | ஶ | శ | ಶ | ശ | ଶ |
| ṣa | ष | ষ | ષ | ஷ | ష | ಷ | ഷ | ଷ |
| sa | स | স | સ | ச | స | ಸ | സ | ସ |
| ha | ह | হ | હ | ஹ | హ | ಹ | ഹ | ହ |
| ḻa | ळ | ল় | ળ | ழ | ళ | ಳ | ള | ଳ |
| IAST | Devanagari | Bengali | Gujarati | Tamil | Telugu | Kannada | Malayalam | Odia |
|---|
| ṃ | ं | ং | ં | ஂ | ం | ಂ | ം | ଂ |
| ḥ | ः | ঃ | ઃ | ஃ | ః | ಃ | ഃ | ଃ |
| ’ | ऽ | ঽ | ઽ | | ఽ | ಽ | | ଽ |
| .n | ँ (anunāsika) | ঁ | ઁ | – | ◌ం̃ | ◌ಂ̃ | ◌ം̃ | ◌ଁ |