Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide 91
d — asin dove but with tongue against teeth
dh— as in red-hot but with tongue against teeth
n — as in nut but with tongue between teeth
p — asin pine ] — as in light
ph— as in uphill (not f) v — asin vine
b — asin bird 8 (palatal) — as in the sin the German
bh— as in rub-hard word sprechen
m — asin mother s (cerebral) — as the shin shine
y — asin yes s — asin sun
r —asinmn h — asin home
Generally two or more consonants in conjunction are written
together in a special form, as for example: | ksa tra
There is no strong accentuation of syllables in Sanskrit, or pausing
between words in a line, only a flowing of short and long (twice as
long as the short) syllables. A long syllable is one whose vowel is
long (8, i, a, e, ai, 0, au), or whose short vowel is followed by more
than one consonant (including anusvara and visarga). Aspirated
consonants (such as kha and gha) count as only single consonants.
