Māheśvara sūtras / The fourteen beats (सूत्राणि) / 6
6
the Māheśvara (माहेश्वर) sūtras (सूत्र)
ल ण् la ṇ
The line
la, and the marker ṇ (ण्).
नेपालीमा
ल, अनि चिन्ह ण्। यण् भनेको य, व, र, ल हो।
Where it sits
One letter, one marker. The semivowels are now a closed group. The nasals begin on the next beat.
Split: la (ल) + ṇ (ण्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| la (ल) | consonant | the semivowel la (ल). |
| ṇ (ण्) | it marker | the second ṇ (ण्) marker in the list. The first was on 1. This one is a new stop. |
The phrases
yaṇ (यण्) starts at the ya (य) of 5 and stops before this ṇ (ण्). The letters it keeps are ya (य), va (व), ra (र), and la (ल).
Sanskrit in this line
Two markers in this list are ṇ (ण्). aṇ (अण्) normally ends at this second ṇ (ण्) and covers all the vowels with ha ya va ra la (ह य व र ल), as in 1.1.69 aṇudit savarṇasya (अणुदित् सवर्णस्य). It means only a i u (अ इ उ) in the single rule 1.1.51 ur aṇ raparaḥ (उरण् रपरः). yaṇ (यण्) means ya va ra la (य व र ल). अण् प्रायः दोस्रो ण् मा, अर्थात् लण् मा, टुङ्गिन्छ, र ह य व र ल सहित सबै स्वर समेट्छ, जस्तै १.१.६९ अणुदित् सवर्णस्य मा। १.१.५१ उरण् रपरः भन्ने एउटै सूत्रमा मात्र यसको अर्थ अ इ उ हो।
Say it back
Say the four letters of yaṇ (यण्).