APA Citation Style for Hindi Resources
Romanization Scheme:
This guide uses the Romanization scheme created by the US Library of Congress and the American
Library Association transcription scheme for Devanagari. Although other Romanization schemes exist
for transliterating Devanagari script, we believe that this particular scheme would be more useful for
students and faculty members at UBC (excluding the “new style” which they have included which we do
not include here). In order to view the US Library of Congress and the American Library Association
Romanization scheme, go to the following address:
(http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/hindi.pdf)
General Formatting Rules:
This guide follows the same general citation rules that already exist in the Chicago citation style guide.
For guidance on how to format each type of citation, refer back to the General Rules section of the APA
citation style guide.
Specific Formatting Rules:
Place each citation written in Devanagari script on a separate line, immediately after the Romanized
version of the citation.
For Romanized version of the citation, only Romanize the names of the authors, editors, translators,
publishers, and directors, as well as the titles of the work. Do not Romanize the places of publication, or
the conjunctions used to connect the names of the various authors, editors, translators, publishers and
directors in each citation.
Books & Book Sections:
a) Book: 1 author
Saxena, R. ( 2006). Uttara adhunikata aur dvandvavada. Durg : Shri Prakasana, सक्सेना,
रा.( 2006). र न ा और ा . र्ग : श्री प्र ाशन.
b) Book: 2-5 authors
Trivedi, M, aur Trivedi, T. P. ( 2006). Kalasarpa yoga: sodha san ana. Delhi: Motilala
Banarasidas. ि े ी,मृ, और ि े ी. टी.पी. (2006) ा सपग र् : श स ान. द ल् ी :
म ी ा बनारसी ास.
c) Electronic book
Premacand. (2007). Godana. Delhi: Rajapala and Sons. प्रेमच . (2007). र् ान. द ल् ी:
राजपा एण्ड स स. https://archive.org/details/Godan_by_Premchand
d) Chapter in an edited book
Venkatesvara, Dr. M.(2002). mahila lekhana. Dr. M. Venkatesvara
(Ed.) Hindi ke samakalina mahila upanyasakara se (pp 29-39). Kanpur: Annapurna
Prakasana. ें टेश्वर, डा.एम.(2002) प ासों में म ि ा ेखन. डॉ.एम. ङ्
े टेश्वर ारा
सम्पाद , ि ी े सम ा ीन म ि ा प ास ार से (पृ स ा 29-39). ानपर : अन्नपूर्ाग
प्र ाशन.
e) Translated book
Pritama, A. (1982).Terhavam suraja. (A. Pritama, Trans.). Delhi: Vikranta Press. प्री म,
अ.(1982) ेरि ा सूरज. (अ. प्री म, अन ा .). द ल् ी : क्रा प्रेस.
Journal Articles:
a) Journal article: 1 author
Goswami, K. (2002).Panahagira. Sahitya amrta , Year 8, Issue 1, 71-73. र् स् ामी, े .
(2002). पनािर्ीर. स ि अमृ , र्ग 8, प्र ाशन 1, 71- 73.
http://www.sahityaamrit.in/Monthlymagazine.asp
Web Documents:
a) Webpage
Dhanva, A.(2013) Hindi Diwasa par meri priya kavita. ा, . (2013) ि ी द स पर
मेरी प्र ा.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/india/2013/09/130912_hindi_diwas_alok_dhanwa_akd.shtml
Film Resources:
a) Movie
Khana, A. (Director). 2008. Tarai Zamina Par. खान, े ).2008. ारे जमीन पर .
.(न श
For Film Resources, simply include the name of the director, his or her designation, the movie’s release
date, and then the title of the movie (in italics).
