Tibetan Sanskrit Transliteration Data

Shared replacement map data for transliterating Tibetan-encoded Sanskrit mantras to IAST and phonetics.

Available as both an npm and Python package.

Installation

JavaScript/Node.js

npm install tibetan-sanskrit-transliteration-data

Python

pip install tibetan-sanskrit-transliteration-data

Data Format

The replacements.csv file contains three columns:

| Column | Description | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | tibetan | Tibetan Unicode pattern (may include regex) | | transliteration | IAST transliteration output | | phonetics | Phonetic output (optional, defaults to normalized transliteration) |

Usage

JavaScript/Node.js

import { loadReplacements } from "tibetan-sanskrit-transliteration-data";

// Get parsed data (works in both Node.js and browser)
const replacements = loadReplacements();
// Returns: [{ tibetan: "...", transliteration: "...", phonetics: "..." }, ...]

// You can also import the data directly
import { replacements } from "tibetan-sanskrit-transliteration-data";

Note: This package is compatible with both Node.js and browser environments (including Vite/Webpack builds).

Python

from tibetan_sanskrit_transliteration_data import load_replacements, get_replacements_path

# Get parsed data
replacements = load_replacements()

# Or get the path to the CSV file
csv_path = get_replacements_path()

Contributing

To add or modify transliteration rules:

1. Edit replacements.csv
2. Test changes in both JS and Python implementations
3. Submit a pull request

Order Matters

Entries are processed in order from top to bottom. More specific patterns should come before more general ones.

License

MIT License - Copyright Padmakara, 2025-present.