[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c5 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c5: System of Transliteration Indian Epigraphical Glossary c5 - **Language:** English ### System of Transliteration ### [c5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c5.1) आ =ā, ई =ī, ऊ =ū, ऋ =ṛ, ॠ =ṝ, ऌ =ḷ, ॡ =ḹ, ए (long) =e, ए (short) =ĕ, ओ (long) =o, ओ (short) =ŏ, ङ =ṅ, च =c, ञ =ñ, ट =ṭ, ड =ḍ, ण =ṇ, श =ś, ष =ṣ, ड =ḍ ळ =ḷ, ### [c5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c5.2) Dravidian palatal alveolar n=n, ### [c5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c5.3) Dravidian palatal alveolar r=r, ### [c5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c5.4) Dravidian cerebral voiced fricative (i.e. voiced s)=ḷ, ### [c5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c5.5) anusvāra =ṁ, visarga =ḥ, ### [c5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c5.6) upadhmānīya =ḥ, jihvāmūlīya =ḥ ### [c5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c5.7) ā (long) i ī (long) u ū (long) ṛ e ai o au ṃ ḥ ### [c5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c5.8) Dravidian palatal Dravidian cerebral Dravidian cerebral Dravidian cerebral Dravidian cerebral --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c5) · Pramāṇa