Māheśvara sūtras / The fourteen beats (सूत्राणि) / 9
9
the Māheśvara (माहेश्वर) sūtras (सूत्र)
घ ढ ध ष् gha ḍha dha ṣ
The line
gha, ḍha (ढ), dha, and the marker ṣ (ष्).
नेपालीमा
घ, ढ, ध, अनि चिन्ह ष्।
Where it sits
The marker ṣ (ष्) lets the aspirates be named without pulling in the unaspirated voiced stops of the next beat.
Split: gha (घ) + ḍha (ढ) + dha (ध) + ṣ (ष्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| gha (घ) | consonant | the voiced aspirate gha (घ). |
| ḍha (ढ) | consonant | the voiced aspirate ḍha (ढ). |
| dha (ध) | consonant | the voiced aspirate dha (ध). |
| ṣ (ष्) | it marker | the marker ṣ (ष्). Not the letter ṣa (ष), which is in 13. |
The phrases
From the jha (झ) of 8 to this marker, the name jhaṣ (झष्) keeps jha bha gha ḍha dha (झ भ घ ढ ध), the voiced aspirates.
Sanskrit in this line
ḍha (ढ) is the retroflex. dha (ध) is the dental. The marker has a halant and is not ṣa (ष).
Say it back
List the five letters of jhaṣ (झष्).