How to use tikz package with devanagari, in miktex 2.8

Question

I have to use tikz graphics with my PDF file, written in MiKTeX 2.8 LaTeX.

When I write \usepackage{tikz} with \usepackage{devanagari}, LaTeX produces an error

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      catcode '\"=12

Answer 1

The loading order is important: load tikz before devanagari, not the other way round. This example works with pdfLaTeX:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{devanagari}
\begin{document}
Here is devanagari:
{\dn calo devanagarI me likhate hai}
\end{document}

If you change the order of tikz and devanagari in this example, you would get the mentioned error

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       \catcode`\"=12

Btw. XeLaTeX is useful for writing Devanagari, perhaps have look at

• Getting Started to Xetex for Devangari