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Accepted transliteration for Sanskrit to Roman is to
put umlaut/diacritic to represent long
sounds[deergha], hard sound n[in Ramayana] and
Talavya sa. Sometimes, a dash above the letter or
apostrhophe is used. There is a difficulty in using
upper cases for these sounds as they can occur in the
beginning of words, anjirraia mada naaraai,
aaraavamude, uyarvara uyarnala, oorellaam tunji
ulagellaam, orunal sutram, orayiramai ulegezhanaittum
or may be of proper names like Nammazhwar, Nappinnai
etc.
Upper cases in between words are difficult to write
and comprehend for most people.
Yes, Kanninun is correct, not Kanninum, but the
context was not about the rendition, but about the
connotation of the word "anban". So, there was an
oversight. I am reminded of Sri Parasara Bhattar's
comment about "Tangal anbaarat tamadu sol valattaal
talait talai sirandu poosippa" as mentioned in Eedu
Muppattaraayirappadi.
Regards,TCASrinivasaramanujan




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