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caturvidham .. Spr. 583. #4

Closed gasyoun closed 9 years ago

gasyoun commented 9 years ago

caturvidham .. Spr. 583. = searched for mitra in http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/PWGScan/2013/web/webtc/indexcaller.php double danda ॥ represented as .. does feels funny in Roman Unicode (=IAST) output. I always thought danda = , double danda = . (not double dots). What's your opinion on it?

funderburkjim commented 9 years ago

I passed along your question to Peter:

Marcis raises the question of representation of danda and double-danda in IAST (ROMAN unicode)
 Currently, when going from SLP1 to Roman, periods are left as periods,
 so danda -> one period = '.' and double-danda -> two periods = '..'.
 Marcis suggests that perhaps, it should be
  danda (slp '.') ->  comma (',' in ROMAN = IAST),
  slp '..' ->  period ('.' in ROMAN = IAST).

Wikipedia's discussion of IAST doesn't mention danda.
 I looked a bit in LIES but did not find a solution.

What do you suggest?

Here is Peter's reply:

I don't fully agree and see no straightforward simple solution.  
Marcis is right that a danda does not always indicate a full sentence stop 
but also a comma; however, the converse is also true: 
a danda does not always represent a comma but sometimes a full sentence stop.  
Ancient indian texts did not use any punctuation other than dandas and 
double dandas but these do not correspond neatly with modern punctuation marks.  
Double danda often indicates a paragraph end rather than a sentence stop.  
One consistent use of danda and double danda is at the end of the non-final lines 
and final lines respectively of verses. 
 SLP uses period for a danda and does not use a comma at all, 
though our transcoder can pass them through unaffected if we wish.
I'd leave the transcoding of SLP period to IAST period.

It seems best to make no change in transcoding (slp1_roman.xml) for now.

gasyoun commented 9 years ago

Got it. It does look strange and good that Peter understands it.