Linux puskom-ProLiant-DL385-Gen10 5.4.0-150-generic #167~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 24 00:51:42 UTC 2023 x86_64

//etc/fonts/conf.avail/59-lohit-devanagari.conf

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "../fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
         <!-- Microsoft -->
        <alias binding="same">
          <family>mangal</family>
            <accept>
              <family>Lohit Devanagari</family>
            </accept>
        </alias>
        <alias binding="same">
          <family>Lohit Devanagari</family>
            <default>
               <family>managl</family>
            </default>
        </alias>
</fontconfig>