How to type Devanagari using LaTeX (Overleaf)?

Question

I am trying type Devanagari Script in LaTeX using Overleaf. But I am getting some formatting error. The "matras" are not reflecting in the output Devanagari text.

\usepackage{devanagari}
{\dn karma}

Output is as follows:

but it should be

Answer 1

You need to pre-process your input data. If you have a file karma.dn

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{devanagari}

\begin{document}
{\dn karma}

\end{document}

and call

devnag karma.dn

you get karma.tex like this:

\def\DevnagVersion{2.16}\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{devanagari}

\begin{document}
{\dn km\0}

\end{document}

Result:

The devnag program comes with the LaTeX package. It might be easier to use a Unicode capable LaTeX engine like XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX together with suitable fonts.