Translation into Pali Language from Brahmi Script

Abstract

The Brahmi script is widely used in ancient time for writing the various types of religious books, information about the rules and regulation of the kingdom of king Ashok and Pali language is used to read the Brahmi script. Pali to English dictionary is available to understand the Pali language. However, any dictionary or translation system related to Brahmi script to Pali script is not available. In order to understand the content in Brahmi script, an automated system for facilitating machine translation of Brahmi text to Pali language is suggested in this study. Detail research on Brahmi script to Pali language has been accomplished, and necessary rules are analyzed. Based on the research and analysis, this study illustrates one-to-one and many-to-one mapping system for Brahmi text to Pali language translation.