Māheśvara sūtras / The fourteen beats (सूत्राणि) / 7
7
the Māheśvara (माहेश्वर) sūtras (सूत्र)
ञ म ङ ण न म् ña ma ṅa ṇa na m
The line
ña (ञ), ma, ṅa (ङ), ṇa (ण), na, and the marker m.
नेपालीमा
ञ, म, ङ, ण, न, अनि चिन्ह म्। यी पाँच नाकबाट उच्चारिने व्यञ्जन हुन्।
Where it sits
The stops that follow are divided so that a name can take the voiced ones without the unvoiced, or the aspirates without the rest. That division is the next four beats.
Split: ña (ञ) + ma (म) + ṅa (ङ) + ṇa (ण) + na (न) + m (म्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ña (ञ) | consonant | the palatal nasal. |
| ma (म) | consonant | the labial nasal. |
| ṅa (ङ) | consonant | the velar nasal. |
| ṇa (ण) | consonant | the retroflex nasal. This ṇa (ण) is a real letter. It is not the marker ṇ (ण्). |
| na (न) | consonant | the dental nasal. |
| m (म्) | it marker | the marker m (म्). The nasal group stops before it. |
The phrases
Five nasals, then a marker. ñam (ञम्) is those five: ña ma ṅa ṇa na (ञ म ङ ण न). The order is the order of this beat, not the order of the mouth from the throat outward.
Sanskrit in this line
The marker m (म्) is a halant. The letter ma (म) earlier in the same beat keeps its a (अ). They are not the same sign.
Say it back
Name the five nasals in the order this beat gives them.