Devi Mahatmyam · Notation reference

Colors in the sources

Accent red #943634Wave green #00B050IAST box green ≈ #538135Pronunciation blue #0070C0Boundary / overline blue #4472C4Bright red #FF0000

One color can serve several roles. Rare exceptions also occur: one extracted single-wave character is blue (#0070C0) and one gray (#A5A5A5). They must not be automatically recolored green. The source crop establishes the exact occurrence; position and neighboring text must also be considered.

Two green marks, two source appearances

The sampled passages support thin IAST box ↔ single Telugu wave and heavier IAST box ↔ double Telugu wave. This paired Mārkaṇḍeya example shows both. Full-document alignment remains to be checked.

IAST: Mārkaṇḍeya: heavier and thin boxes, original source crop, page 60 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 60 · Mārkaṇḍeya: heavier and thin boxes

Telugu: Matching passage: double and single green waves, original source crop, page 66 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 66 · Matching passage: double and single green waves

The current extraction finds about 7,200 single waves and 3,300 double waves in Telugu. These are character counts, not counts of unique chanting instructions. The supplied slide’s frequency estimates differ.

Rātrisūktam: marks can share a syllable

Look above and below the letters: red strokes, green cues and blue overlines can coexist. These samples show the notation density; the two crops cover different amounts of text because the editions have different layouts.

IAST: Rātrisūktam: above, below and stacked marks, original source crop, page 54 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 54 · Rātrisūktam: above, below and stacked marks

Telugu: Rātrisūktam: above, below and stacked marks, original source crop, page 59 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 59 · Rātrisūktam: above, below and stacked marks

Marker catalog

Each entry includes its position and source evidence. Click a sample to enlarge it, or open its full page. A missing extraction match is stated explicitly.

Find a mark

◌̍

Single stroke above

Above a letter or syllable

#943634

Guide label: Udātta; raised pitch.

The red stroke is separate from ordinary IAST spelling. Placement must be checked on the actual syllable.

IAST: source color #943634, original source crop, page 54 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 54 · source color #943634

Telugu: source color #943634, original source crop, page 59 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 59 · source color #943634

◌̱

Horizontal bar below

Below a letter or syllable

#943634

Guide label: Anudātta; lowered pitch.

Keep the lower bar distinct from an ordinary vowel macron and a blue overline.

◌̎

Double stroke above

Above; may coexist with other marks

#943634

Guide label: Dīrgha udātta; prolonged raised pitch.

The name and pronunciation description are from the supplied guide; teacher review remains separate.

◌͂

Single green wave / thin IAST box

Telugu: above text • IAST: box around a letter/cluster component

#00B050

Guide label: Svarita; falling pitch.

Sampled passages support thin box ↔ this wave. IAST boxes use approximately #538135. The document-wide mapping is not yet verified.

IAST: asya · rātrīti · sūktasya; thin and heavier boxes, original source crop, page 54 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 54 · asya · rātrīti · sūktasya; thin and heavier boxes

Telugu: source color #00B050, original source crop, page 59 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 59 · source color #00B050

◌͌

Double green wave / heavier IAST box

Telugu: above text • IAST: box around a letter/cluster component

#00B050

Guide label: Kampita svarita; quavering pitch.

Sampled passages support heavier box ↔ this wave. IAST boxes use approximately #538135. The document-wide mapping is not yet verified.

◌̅

Blue overline

Above a syllable, sometimes stacked with red marks

#4472C4

Guide describes a lengthening cue.

Preserve the blue overline separately from the red stroke that may share the same location.

IAST: source color #4472C4, original source crop, page 54 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 54 · source color #4472C4

Telugu: source color #4472C4, original source crop, page 59 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 59 · source color #4472C4

Muted red boundary bar

Between words, phrases or at a boundary

#943634

Colored boundary / pause cue; scope must be established from the passage.

Do not treat every vertical bar as a stroke above a syllable, or assume all colors have the same function.

Bright red boundary bar

Between words, phrases or at a boundary

#FF0000

Colored boundary / pause cue; scope must be established from the passage.

Do not treat every vertical bar as a stroke above a syllable, or assume all colors have the same function.

No matching character found by this extraction. This does not establish visual absence.

Blue boundary bar

Between words, phrases or at a boundary

#4472C4

Colored boundary / pause cue; scope must be established from the passage.

Do not treat every vertical bar as a stroke above a syllable, or assume all colors have the same function.

IAST: source color #4472C4, original source crop, page 10 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 10 · source color #4472C4

Alternate blue boundary bar

Between words, phrases or at a boundary

#0070C0

Colored boundary / pause cue; scope must be established from the passage.

Do not treat every vertical bar as a stroke above a syllable, or assume all colors have the same function.

IAST: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 54 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 54 · source color #0070C0

No matching character found by this extraction. This does not establish visual absence.

।

Single daṇḍa

At a textual boundary

#202020

Standard Sanskrit punctuation; often a half-verse boundary.

Its exact structural role depends on the passage. Keep it separate from a colored Latin vertical bar.

IAST: source color #000000, original source crop, page 54 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 54 · source color #000000

Telugu: source color #000000, original source crop, page 59 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 59 · source color #000000

॥

Double daṇḍa

End of a verse or textual unit

#202020

Standard Sanskrit double daṇḍa, often next to numbering.

Preserve numbering and source punctuation exactly.

ఽ · ’

Avagraha and elision signs

Within joined words

#202020

Elision notation; shape differs across scripts and editions.

Do not normalize apostrophes and avagraha forms into one character. This example does not certify every doubled form.

Red asterisk

After or near source text

#943634

Editorial cue; exact intent is unresolved.

The guide suggests a textual note, but a variant reading must not be inferred without its explanation.

IAST: source color #943634, original source crop, page 100 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 100 · source color #943634

Telugu: source color #943634, original source crop, page 112 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 112 · source color #943634

Low slanted mark

Near the baseline / boundary

#943634

Observed low grave accent; interpretation pending.

Retain its exact location. Do not assign duration or pronunciation from its shape alone.

IAST: source color #943634, original source crop, page 60 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 60 · source color #943634

Telugu: source color #000000, original source crop, page 49 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 49 · source color #000000

Blue letter / cue: n

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Nasal cue.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

Telugu: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 59 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 59 · source color #0070C0

Blue letter / cue: m

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Labial nasal cue.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

IAST: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 61 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 61 · source color #0070C0

Telugu: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 6 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 6 · source color #0070C0

Blue letter / cue: ñ

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Palatal nasal cue.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

IAST: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 60 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 60 · source color #0070C0

Telugu: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 66 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 66 · source color #0070C0

ṅ

Blue letter / cue: ṅ

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Velar nasal cue.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

Telugu: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 67 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 67 · source color #0070C0

Blue letter / cue: s

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Sibilant / visarga cue.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

Blue letter / cue: ś

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Palatal sibilant cue.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

Blue letter / cue: f

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Guide labels jihvāmūlīya.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

Blue letter / cue: u

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Guide labels upadhmānīya.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

Blue letter / cue: i

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Guide labels vowel resonance.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

Blue letter / cue: h

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Guide labels aspiration cue.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

No matching character found by this extraction. This does not establish visual absence.

Blue letter / cue: l

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Guide labels lateral cue.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

IAST: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 6 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 6 · source color #0070C0

Blue letter / cue: a

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Guide labels elision-related cue.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

IAST: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 100 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 100 · source color #0070C0

Telugu: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 112 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 112 · source color #0070C0

ṇ

Blue letter / cue: ṇ

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Retroflex nasal cue.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

IAST: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 11 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 11 · source color #0070C0

Telugu: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 58 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 58 · source color #0070C0

ṣ

Blue letter / cue: ṣ

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Retroflex sibilant cue.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

IAST: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 40 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 40 · source color #0070C0

Telugu: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 79 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 79 · source color #0070C0

Blue letter / cue: g

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Not explained in supplied guide.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

IAST: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 10 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 10 · source color #0070C0

Telugu: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 11 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 11 · source color #0070C0

ḥ

Blue letter / cue: ḥ

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Blue visarga form.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

Telugu: source color #0070C0, original source crop, page 113 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 113 · source color #0070C0

ṁ

Blue letter / cue: ṁ

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Blue nasal form.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

ṃ

Blue letter / cue: ṃ

Raised, baseline or adjacent to letters; inspect each occurrence

#0070C0

Blue nasal form.

Guide labels are provisional explanations. Not all blue text is superscript, and absence in extraction is not proof of absence.

No matching character found by this extraction. This does not establish visual absence.

Private-use extracted character

No confirmed visible extent

#777777

Telugu page 11 contains an extracted U+E001 with zero width.

No visual symbol or chanting meaning is assigned. The crop provides context only; the question mark here is an interface placeholder.

No matching character found by this extraction. This does not establish visual absence.

More than individual symbols

Yellow invocation blocks, gray instructions, punctuation, word gaps and original line endings also belong to the edition. A mark between words must remain anchored to that boundary. Search-friendly text must be kept separately from faithful source appearance.

IAST: Yellow invocation blocks, blue boundary and gray instruction, original source crop, page 60 — **IAST edition** · PDF page 60 · Yellow invocation blocks, blue boundary and gray instruction

Telugu: Corresponding invocation and instruction, original source crop, page 66 — **Telugu edition** · PDF page 66 · Corresponding invocation and instruction

Review status & source provenance

Sources: DM full - IAST SB-Master.pdf (157 pages), DM full - Telugu SB-Master.pdf (175 pages), and Devi_Mahaatmyam-Annotation_Slides.pptx (2 slides). Original files are unchanged and checked against the saved SHA-256 manifest.

Generated crops use PyMuPDF 1.26.5. Some source fonts are not embedded; rendering must still be compared with your accepted reading copy. Selected pages were visually checked; individual automatically selected catalog crops need review. No chanting interpretation is inferred solely from Unicode names.

Special open issues: blue g, low slanted accents, the asterisk’s intent, private-use character, rare color variants, and precise cross-edition syllable anchors. The complete Rātrisūktam remains the first fidelity pilot.

Source page and crop coordinates