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Velthuis to Diacritics converter & Pali Dictionary Lookup Tool


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Type these Velthuis codes to convert into Pali unicode.

aa → ā .m → ṃ
ii → ī .t → ṭ
uu → ū .d → ḍ
"n → ṅ .n → ṇ
~n → ñ .l → ḷ

PED - Dictionary Lookup Tool

Type or paste into the box, hit "Convert" to reformat for the Pali-English Dictionary (PED).
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A problem with dictionary lookup is the 'niggahīta' which can be transliterated as η, ṁ or ṃ in the texts. The modern form is ṃ. However, the PED uses the old η form and only lists what are called 'true niggahīta' (also sometimes called true anusvāra). This tool will change text to PED format which can then be searched for.
[See Using the PTS Pali-English-Dictionary]

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