Unless one is actually doing paleography, then most academic work simply does not use Devanagari, but uses the Romanized scripts.echalon wrote: Yes, of course the idea of accuracy or authenticity is not applicable at all. I would just like to know what conventions are for academia, so I can decide what ligatures I need to learn to write!
Well, assuming that the academics is European language based, that is. Would be different in India, Thailand, Sri Lanka or the like.