Māheśvara sūtras / The fourteen beats (सूत्राणि) / 11
11
the Māheśvara (माहेश्वर) sūtras (सूत्र)
ख फ छ ठ थ च ट त व् kha pha cha ṭha tha ca ṭa ta v
The line
kha, pha, cha, ṭha (ठ), tha, ca, ṭa (ट), ta, and the marker v.
नेपालीमा
ख, फ, छ, ठ, थ, च, ट, त, अनि चिन्ह व्।
Where it sits
12 adds ka (क) and pa (प) and closes the unvoiced stops. The name khay (खय्) needs that next marker.
Split: kha (ख) + pha (फ) + cha (छ) + ṭha (ठ) + tha (थ) + ca (च) + ṭa (ट) + ta (त) + v (व्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kha (ख) | consonant | unvoiced aspirate kha (ख). |
| pha (फ) | consonant | unvoiced aspirate pha (फ). |
| cha (छ) | consonant | unvoiced aspirate cha (छ). |
| ṭha (ठ) | consonant | unvoiced aspirate ṭha (ठ). |
| tha (थ) | consonant | unvoiced aspirate tha (थ). |
| ca (च) | consonant | unvoiced ca (च). |
| ṭa (ट) | consonant | unvoiced ṭa (ट). This is the alphabet's ṭa (ट). The marker ṭ (ट्) was on 5. |
| ta (त) | consonant | unvoiced ta (त). |
| v (व्) | it marker | the marker v (व्). Not the letter va (व) of 5. |
The phrases
ka (क) and pa (प) are kept for the next beat. This beat is the other unvoiced stops: five aspirates and ca (च), ṭa (ट), ta (त).
Sanskrit in this line
Nine signs are recited. Eight are letters. The last is the marker, a halant v (व्).
Say it back
Say which unvoiced stops are here, and which two wait for the next beat.