Re: OT: Help reading Indic transliteration?

I appreciate the many responses, but in the sheer volume and
disagreements I kinda lost track.  :)  A web search revealed the
following guide for the original pronunciation of Sanskrit; if anyone
has any corrections or additions, please let me know.  Thanks. :)

Transliteration         CXS
a                       @ or 6
ā (a macron)            a:
ai                      a:I)
au                      a:U)
b                       b
bh                      b_h
c                       ts\)
ch                      ts\)_h
d                       d
dh                      d_h
ḍ (d . below)           d`
ḍh (d . below + h)     d`_h
e                       e:
g                       g
gh                      g_h
h                       h\
ḥ (h . below)           x
i                       i
ī (i macron)            i:
j                       dz\)
jh                      dz\)_h
k                       k
kh                      k_h
l                       l
ḷ (l . below)           l=
m                       m
ṃ/ṁ (m . below/above)   _~ (nasalizes preceding vowel)
n                       n
ṅ (n . above)           N
ṇ (n . below)           n`
ñ (n ~ above)           J
o                       o:
p                       p
ph                      p_h
r                       r` or r\
ṛ (r . below)           r`= or r\=
ṝ (r . below macron)    r`:= or r\:=
s                       s
ś (s acute)             s\
ṣ (s . below)           s`
t                       t
th                      t_h
ṭ (t . below)           t`
ṭh (t . below + h)      t`_h
u                       u
v                       v or P
y                       j

-Mark

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