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  2. Virama - Wikipedia

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    Pinthu is akin to Sanskrit bindu, and means "point" or "dot". It is used to mark a syllable as closed, and it is only used in Thai script when writing Pali or Sanskrit. nikkhahit: นฤคหิต / นิคหิต ํ Nikkhahit represents what was originally anusvāra in Sanskrit.

  3. Devanagari - Wikipedia

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    A vowel combines with a consonant in their diacritic form. For example, the vowel आ (ā) combines with the consonant क् (k) to form the syllabic letter का (kā), with halant (cancel sign) removed and added vowel sign which is indicated by diacritics. The vowel अ (a) combines with the consonant क् (k) to form क (ka) with

  4. Tattvabindu - Wikipedia

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    Tattvabindu is a composite Sanskrit word made of two Sanskrit words Tattva and Bindu. The literal meaning of Tattva is element which signifies here to the truth and Similarly Bindu means Drop. Hence the literal meaning of Tattvabindu is “Drop of Truth". [3] [4]

  5. Shloka - Wikipedia

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    Shloka or śloka (Sanskrit: श्लोक śloka, from the root श्रु śru, lit. ' hear ' [1] [2] in a broader sense, according to Monier-Williams's dictionary, is "any verse or stanza; a proverb, saying"; [3] but in particular it refers to the 32-syllable verse, derived from the Vedic anuṣṭubh metre, used in the Bhagavad Gita and many other works of classical Sanskrit literature.

  6. Sanskrit grammar - Wikipedia

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    The Sanskrit language accepts such alterations within it, but offers formal rules for the sandhi of any two words next to each other in the same sentence or linking two sentences. The external sandhi rules state that similar short vowels coalesce into a single long vowel, while dissimilar vowels form glides or undergo diphthongization. [ 18 ]

  7. Sanskrit - Wikipedia

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    The Sanskrit language accepts such alterations within it, but offers formal rules for the sandhi of any two words next to each other in the same sentence or linking two sentences. The external sandhi rules state that similar short vowels coalesce into a single long vowel, while dissimilar vowels form glides or undergo diphthongization. [ 229 ]

  8. Kha (Indic) - Wikipedia

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    As with all Tibetan letters, it can appear as a head consonant or subjoined to a head consonant. Like many Indic scripts, the halant - an explicit virama - can be used for indicating a bare consonant, although subjoined forms are used to form consonant conjuncts. The subjoined form of kha is essentially identical to its head form: ཁྑ

  9. Vyākaraṇa - Wikipedia

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    Vyākaraṇa (Sanskrit: व्याकरण, lit. 'explanation, analysis', IPA: [ˈʋjaːkɐrɐɳɐ]) refers to one of the six ancient Vedangas, ancillary science connected with the Vedas, which are scriptures in Hinduism. [1] [2] Vyākaraṇa is the study of grammar and linguistic analysis in Sanskrit language. [3] [4] [5]