Scholarly reference for Sarnath
सर्नथ्
The name in its original Devanagari form. सर्नथ् → Sarnath. Sanskrit Sarnath is written in Devanagari as सर्नथ् · IAST transliteration maps each Devanagari vowel and consonant to a Latin equivalent · Macrons mark long vowels (ā, ī, ū); dots beneath consonants mark retroflex articulation (ṭ, ḍ, ṇ, ṣ)
SARNATH
This name is already attested in the Latin alphabet. The Unicode form Sarnath is identical to ASCII apart from capitalization, so no diacritic, stress, or script information was erased.
Sarnath
Because the name is already in Latin letters, the Unicode restoration does not add diacritics or change the script. Its value here is canonical spelling and consistent cataloguing, not the recovery of lost marks.
sarnath.com → sarnath.com
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How sarnath becomes Sarnath
| Step | ASCII | Unicode | Type | Scholarly Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | s | → | S | Same | Same, capitalized |
| 02 | a | → | a | Same | Same |
| 03 | r | → | r | Same | Same |
| 04 | n | → | n | Same | Same |
| 05 | a | → | a | Same | Same |
| 06 | t | → | t | Same | Same |
| 07 | h | → | h | Same | Same |
Why Sarnath is classified as Tier-2 Basic
The Ancient name सर्नथ् is attested in the Latin alphabet. The Unicode restoration is identical to ASCII, so no diacritic or script recovery is needed. It is catalogued as a single-tier Tier-2 name because the scholarly form carries no stress or length marks.
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