Sanskrit Text

Sanskrit Text (Devanagari) Utility Functions

Free software: GNU General Public License v3
Documentation: https://sanskrit-text.readthedocs.io.

Features

Syllabification
Varṇa Viccheda
Pratyāhāra Encoding-Decoding
Uccāraṇa Sthāna Yatna Utility
Several other utility functions

Install

To install Sanskrit Text, run this command in your terminal:

$ pip install sanskrit-text

Usage

Python API

import sanskrit_text as skt

text = "कवि भारतः"

# Clean text (keep only Sanskrit letters and spaces)
clean_text = skt.clean(text)

# Syllabification
syllables = skt.get_syllables(text)

# Varṇa decomposition and join
viccheda = skt.split_varna(text, technical=True, flat=True)
reconstructed = skt.join_varna(viccheda)

# Ucchāraṇa information
ucchaarana = skt.get_ucchaarana(text)
signature = skt.get_signature(text)

Command Line Interface

After installation, the skt command provides a small CLI:

# Clean text
$ echo "अ b १।" | skt clean
अ

# Get syllables (JSON output)
$ skt syllables "कवि भारतः"

# Varṇa decomposition (technical, flat list)
$ skt split-varna --technical --flat "कवि भारतः"

# Ucchāraṇa and signature (JSON output)
$ skt ucchaarana "कवि"
$ skt signature "कवि"

Credits

This package was created with Cookiecutter and the hrishikeshrt/cookiecutter-pypackage project template.