Māheśvara sūtras / The fourteen beats (सूत्राणि) / 4
4
the Māheśvara (माहेश्वर) sūtras (सूत्र)
ऐ औ च् ai au c
The line
ai, au, and the marker c.
नेपालीमा
ऐ, औ, अनि चिन्ह च्। अच् भनेको सबै स्वर हो।
Where it sits
This is the last vowel beat. Lesson 22 is the joining of words. The vowel group those joins keep calling on is ac (अच्), and ac (अच्) is closed by the marker on this beat.
Split: ai (ऐ) + au (औ) + c (च्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ai (ऐ) | vowel | the vowel ai (ऐ). |
| au (औ) | vowel | the vowel au (औ). |
| c (च्) | it marker | the marker c (च्). The vowel name ac (अच्) ends at this marker and does not include the c (च्). |
The phrases
ac (अच्) starts at the a (अ) of 1 and stops before this c (च्). That is every vowel: a i u ṛ ḷ e o ai au (अ इ उ ऋ ऌ ए ओ ऐ औ). ec (एच्) starts at e (ए): e o ai au (ए ओ ऐ औ).
Sanskrit in this line
ai (ऐ) and au (औ) are each one vowel in this list, not two letters glued in haste. The marker c (च्) is a halant c (च्).
Say it back
List every vowel that ac (अच्) keeps, and say which marker it stops before.