Māheśvara sūtras / The fourteen beats (सूत्राणि) / 5
5
the Māheśvara (माहेश्वर) sūtras (सूत्र)
ह य व र ट् ha ya va ra ṭ
The line
ha, ya, va, ra, and the marker ṭ (ट्).
नेपालीमा
ह, य, व, र, अनि चिन्ह ट्। व्यञ्जन यहीँबाट सुरु हुन्छ।
Where it sits
From this beat on, the letters are consonants. The drum is still the same tradition: fourteen beats, one alphabet. The practice rooms for rhythm stay at Sangeet Yatra.
Split: ha (ह) + ya (य) + va (व) + ra (र) + ṭ (ट्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ha (ह) | consonant | the consonant ha (ह). This is the first ha (ह) in the list. 14 will say ha (ह) again. |
| ya (य) | consonant | the semivowel ya (य). |
| va (व) | consonant | the semivowel va (व). |
| ra (र) | consonant | the semivowel ra (र). |
| ṭ (ट्) | it marker | the marker ṭ (ट्). It is not the letter ṭa (ट) of the alphabet. That ṭa (ट) comes in 11. |
The phrases
The consonants begin here. la (ल) is held until the next beat, so yaṇ (यण्) can include la (ल) and this marker can close a shorter name.
Sanskrit in this line
Each consonant in the list is written with its short a (अ), except the marker, which has a halant. ha ya va ra (ह य व र) are four letters. ṭ (ट्) is only the stop.
Say it back
Say the four letters, and say why this ṭ (ट्) is not the alphabet's ṭa (ट).