Pratyahara Demo

pratyahara_demo.py

# Basic Pratyahara demo for students learning Python

msutra = ["अ", "इ", "उ", "ण्", "ऋ", "ऌ", "क्"]

# read pratyahara user input
pratyahara = input()

# entering अण् 

startvarna = pratyahara[0]
endvarna = pratyahara[1:]

print(startvarna)
print(endvarna)

# search for startvarna in msutra

position = 0
startpos = 0
endpos = 0

for every_varna in msutra:
  
  if every_varna == startvarna:
    print("found the start varna")
    startpos = position
  
  if every_varna == endvarna:
    print("found the end varna")
    endpos = position
  
  position = position + 1

print(startpos, endpos)

print(msutra[startpos:endpos])