Aksharas

Aksharas is a utility web app for analysing the akṣaras and varṇas in a Devanagari text.

Many of the existing character counters are designed for English (Latin script) and do not support Devanagari. Even if they do, they only give the number of Unicode characters in the text. But people who read Devanagari count in terms of akṣaras (syllables) and varṇas (consonants and vowels). This tool helps those who read/type in the Devanagari script by providing information on the akṣaras and varṇas in their text. It also helps them easily identify typing errors such as extra vowel marks (काी) or colon (:) in the place of visarga by providing them with details on invalid and non-Devanagari characters.

Usage

The overall count represents the total number of Devanagari akṣaras, Devanagari symbols (१, २, ।, ॥, ॐ, etc.) and non-devangari chararacters (i.e. characters in other scripts, special characters, whitespace characters, etc.)

Aksharas

Devanagari syllables like रा, मः, etc. are Aksharas. Here, halanta consonants such as क्, च्, य्, etc. are also counted as Aksharas when they are at the end of a word.

Varnas

Varnas represent the total number of consonants and vowels in the text.

Symbols

Symbols are Devanagari symbols such as १, २, ।, ॥, ॐ, etc.

Others

The total number of non-devangari chararacters (characters in other scripts, special characters, whitespace characters, etc.) is displayed in Others.

Chars

Chars show the total number of unicode characters in the text.

Invalid

A virāma which is not preceded by a consonant, and two or more consecutive vowel marks like in "गोु", etc. are considered Invalid characters.