Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide 295

d — asin dove but with tongue against teeth.
dh— as in red-hot but with tongue against teeth.
n — asin nut but with tongue between teeth.

p — asin pine | — asin light

ph— asin uphill (not f) v — asin vine

b ~— asin bird § (palatal) — as in the s in the German
bh— as in rub-hard word sprechen

m — asin mother s (cerebral) — as the sh in shine

y — asin yes s — asin sun

r —asin7vun h — asin home

Generally two or more consonants in conjunction are written
together in a special form, as for example: a ksa 5] 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 (4, i, , e, ai, o, 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.
