362 Srimad-Bhagavatam
u — like the win push.
i — like the win rule but held twice as long as short u.
r — like the riin rim.
t — like ree in reed.
] — like J followed by r (Ir).
e — like the e in they.
ai — like the ai in aisle.
o — like the oin go.
au — like the ow in how.
th (anusvdra) — a resonant nasal like the nin the French word bon. ~*
h (visarga) — a final h-sound: ah is pronounced like aha; ih like ihi.
The vowels are written as follows after a consonant:
RY

Ta fi {i Bu Bi or €F Ne Nai ‘Yo Tx

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For example: ka Hl ka [Hki 3 ki Hy ku bY ka

ba A

H kr FD ki h ke H kai TT ko Fy ku

The vowel “‘a”’ is implied after a consonant with no vowel symbol.
The symbol virama (‘) indicates that there is no final vowel: Ah
The consonants are pronounced as follows:
k — asin kite jh — as in hedgehog
kh— as in Eckhart fi — as in canyon
g — asin give t — asin tub
gh— as in dig-hard th — as in light-heart
h — asin sing d — asin dove
c — asin chair dha- as in red-hot
ch — as in staunch-heart n — asrna (prepare to say
j — asin joy the rand say na).
Cerebrals are pronounced with tongue to roof of mouth, but the
following dentals are pronounced with tongue against teeth:
t — as in tub but with tongue against teeth.
th — as in light-heart but with tongue against teeth.
