General ⇒ how to write devnagari in latex

[mrityunjay23]

I am working in fedora.
I was trying to write devnagari in latex.
I had downloaded some packages. But, still it is not working.
Please specify which packages i have to download? and
How to write devanagarai in latex?

[Johannes_B]

Hi, i first had to google what davnagari is, maybe i was sick in school that day. Nevertheless, adding latex gives me the following:
Using Devanagari in Latex
How can I type in Devnagari font using LaTeX?


In times of Unicode i would suggest to use XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX. These typesetting engines should provide direct input of devangari and you can use system fonts, not being dependend on fonts coming with TexLive. Have a look at Getting Started to Xetex for Devangari?