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On Sanskrit spelling, of course you are completely right, the IAST is consistent when English spelling is anything but. However, Wikipedia is a global encyclopedia, and it's written in English. What we do, therefore, is to introduce Sanskrit terms in Devanagari and IAST, just once, and, yes, we lamentably limp by with English orthography, Sushumna nadi and all the rest. To misquote Jane Austen, "'Much more rational, my dear 217.198.193.157, I dare say, but it would not be near so much like an encyclopedia."

Happy editing! Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:42, 23 March 2022 (UTC)