In transcribing a manuscript it is best practice to transcribe diplomatically exactly what the MS says.
A second, separate file may be prepared that contains various normalisations, like ba/va or śa/sa, rma/rmma, etc. To normalise the main transcription file takes away the opportunity to study these phenomena. And in any case, the majority of these features can be manipulated with regular-expression rules, as in Saktumiva <https://saktumiva.org/wiki/orthography>. So there's no need to normalise them. Best, Dominik
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