śikṣā
Sanskrit phonetics for beginners
Traditionally, Sanskrit education starts with phonetics, the study of speech sounds and how to pronounce them. The books here introduce and describe the various Sanskrit sounds.
Although these books use few unique words, their technical content may make them harder to understand. If you are not interested in phonetics, you can skip these books for now.
uccāraṇam
— Pronunciation —
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Title Word counts
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varṇāḥ 14 unique, 410 total
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svarāḥ 19 unique, 778 total
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vyañjanāni 22 unique, 806 total
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sthānāni 27 unique, 809 total
sandhiḥ
— Sound combinations —
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Title Word counts
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sandhiḥ 29 unique, 678 total
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svarasandhiḥ 28 unique, 855 total