Māheśvara sūtras / The fourteen beats (सूत्राणि) / 8
8
the Māheśvara (माहेश्वर) sūtras (सूत्र)
झ भ ञ् jha bha ñ
The line
jha, bha, and the marker ñ (ञ्).
नेपालीमा
झ, भ, अनि चिन्ह ञ्।
Where it sits
With 9, these are the voiced aspirated stops. The unaspirated voiced stops are 10.
Split: jha (झ) + bha (भ) + ñ (ञ्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jha (झ) | consonant | the voiced aspirate jha (झ). |
| bha (भ) | consonant | the voiced aspirate bha (भ). |
| ñ (ञ्) | it marker | the marker ñ (ञ्). A name that ends here drops it. |
The phrases
The voiced aspirates are split across this beat and the next. This beat holds jha (झ) and bha (भ). 9 holds gha (घ), ḍha (ढ), and dha (ध).
Sanskrit in this line
The marker is the palatal nasal with a halant, not the letter ña (ञ) of 7.
Say it back
Say the two stops, and say where the other voiced aspirates sit.