On 1/15/2022 12:33 PM, hanneder--- via ntg-context wrote:
>> - We added indic language patterns ad well as defined the languages 
>> but labels are on the todo as are conversions; kauśika is working on
> 
> Perhaps the following notes are useful.
> 
> 1. The simplest way, and what I was talking about, is to write and print 
> Sanskrit in
>     transliteration.
> 
> ānandaḥ -> ānandaḥ
> 
> 2. Then we can of course write and print the same word in the usual 
> Indian Script (Devanāgarī)
> 
> आनन्दः  ->  आनन्दः
> 
> 3. But for academic use, one wants an input in roman (e-text are usually 
> in roman), and the option
>     to have an output in Devanāgarī)
> 
> ānandaḥ ->  आनन्दः
> 
> For this an option with the transliterator would be required, I guess(?)
> 
> Theoretically one could write Sanskrit in many scripts -- it has been 
> written
> with many Indian scripts in history --, but I am wondering about the 
> practical value of this.
> For imitating historic prints it would no doubt be nice, but not urgent.
> 
> I was not aware of the hyphenation patterns by Yves Codet, if they work, 
> they would cover case 1
> and 2. And I just heard from a colleague that the latest babel version 
> is incorporating a Sanskrit option
> that might cover the same ground (I am not sure whether this is useful).
> 
> Thanks a lot! I just have to learn more about ConTeXt to able to use it:)

does the attached sort of what you want

Hans



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