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samskrutham – introduction

July 28, 2014 by sarathy

srI: srImallakshmInrsimha para bhramhaNE nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Priya Bandho, It gives me immense pleasure to be a part of the team who are interested in developing the language Samskritam. Samskritam is one of the ancient languages. The Indian culture and tradition are mainly rooted and established in this language. The early … Read more

Pronunciation Guide

A is used for “aa” sound – example: emperumAnAr, rAmAnuja
E is used for “yay” sound – example: EkAdhasi
I is used for “ee” sound – example: Iswara
O is used for “Oh” sound – example: Om
U is used for “oo” sound – example: Urdhva pundram
zh is used for very strong “l” sound – example: AzhwAr
L is used for strong “l” sound – example: muL (thorn)
N is used for strong “n” sound – example: nArAyaNa
R is used for strong "r" sound - example: puRappAdu (procession); its also used for "tr" sound in thamizh when there is double "R" - example: uRRAr (utRAr - relative)
d is used strong “d” sound – example: garuda
dh is used for meek “d” sound – example: gOvindha
t is used for strong “t” sound – example: ganta
th is used for meek “t” sound – example: vratham
sa, sha, ksha are typed as it is – examples: samskritham, shashti and kshamA
: is used for ha sound in samskritham words – examples: nama: to be said as namaha
Terminologies listing at Reader's Guide