Note on Transliterated Sonskrit Words
The vowels are pronounced almost as in Italian. The sound of the short  a  is like the  u  in but, the long  ā  is like the  a  in far and held twice as long as the short  a , and  e  is like the  a  in evade. Long  ī  is like the  i  in pique. The vowel  ŗ  is pronounced like the  re  in the English word fibre. The  c  is pronounced as in the English word  chair , and the aspirated consonants ( ch ,  jh ,  dh , etc.) are pronounced as in staunch-heart, hedge-hog, red-hot, etc. The two spirants  ś  and  ṣ  are pronounced like the English  sh ;  s  is pronounced as in sun.