Māheśvara sūtras / The fourteen beats (सूत्राणि) / 3
3
the Māheśvara (माहेश्वर) sūtras (सूत्र)
ए ओ ङ् e o ṅ
The line
e, o, and the marker ṅ (ङ्).
नेपालीमा
ए, ओ, अनि चिन्ह ङ्।
Where it sits
These two are the first of the compound vowels. ai (ऐ) and au (औ) wait for the next beat, so a name can include e (ए) and o (ओ) without them.
Split: e (ए) + o (ओ) + ṅ (ङ्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| e (ए) | vowel | the vowel e (ए). |
| o (ओ) | vowel | the vowel o (ओ). |
| ṅ (ङ्) | it marker | the marker ṅ (ङ्). Dropped in the name. |
The phrases
eṅ (एङ्) is this pair: e (ए) and o (ओ). The marker stops the name before ai (ऐ) and au (औ).
Sanskrit in this line
The marker is the velar nasal ṅ (ङ्), written with a halant. It is not the vowel.
Say it back
Say the two vowels, and say what the marker leaves out.