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Vinayakan · 08-03-2005, 05:00 PM

Introduction
Devanagari (देवनागरी) or Nagari is the most common script of India. It is a syllabary script. Devanagari is used for writing Hindi, Nepali and Marathi and is now the most common script for Sanskrit.
Each symbols represents a syllable. The short a (pronounced as English u in but, between French e muet and short a) is inherent in every symbol.
So is न na and not n. To write n you have to put a stroke under the symbol न् . This stroke is called विरामः virāma.
All Indian and South-Asian and South-East-Asian (Thai,Cambodian, Tibetan etc.) scripts have the same writing system. Just the shape of the characters / symbols are different. In the future there will be also lessons to write Tamil.
These lessons I made myself in a book to learn Sanksrit for Dutch-speakers.

Lesson 1.
ग ga - ग् g - न na - न् n
म ma - म् m - भ bha - भ् bh .
Write the left part first. Write downwards. The topline at the end.
The rule is: from left to right and downwards.
Practise every day.
Pronounciation of bha is like ba but aspirated (with a h sound)

Exercise 1a.
Read and transliterate in Roman (These are real Sanskrit words).
ग । म । भ । भननम् । नग । नमनम् । गगनम् । भगम् । मम ।
भग । गम् । भन् । मग । नभ । गमनम् । नम । भम् । भननम् ।
। is a stop, like . or , in European languages.
Exercise 1b.
Write in Nagari.
mama bhaga bha ma ga nama gaganam namanam naga
bhananam gam bham nabha gamanam maga bhan bhagam

The Answers in the next lesson.

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Vinayakan Senior International Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: भारतेतरदेशे Outside India Posts: 362 Vinayakan has a spectacular aura about	Lessons for writing the Devanagari script. Introduction Devanagari (देवनागरी) or Nagari is the most common script of India. It is a syllabary script. Devanagari is used for writing Hindi, Nepali and Marathi and is now the most common script for Sanskrit. Each symbols represents a syllable. The short a (pronounced as English u in but, between French e muet and short a) is inherent in every symbol. So is न na and not n. To write n you have to put a stroke under the symbol न् . This stroke is called विरामः virāma. All Indian and South-Asian and South-East-Asian (Thai,Cambodian, Tibetan etc.) scripts have the same writing system. Just the shape of the characters / symbols are different. In the future there will be also lessons to write Tamil. These lessons I made myself in a book to learn Sanksrit for Dutch-speakers. Lesson 1. ग ga - ग् g - न na - न् n म ma - म् m - भ bha - भ् bh . Write the left part first. Write downwards. The topline at the end. The rule is: from left to right and downwards. Practise every day. Pronounciation of bha is like ba but aspirated (with a h sound) Exercise 1a. Read and transliterate in Roman (These are real Sanskrit words). ग । म । भ । भननम् । नग । नमनम् । गगनम् । भगम् । मम । भग । गम् । भन् । मग । नभ । गमनम् । नम । भम् । भननम् । । is a stop, like . or , in European languages. Exercise 1b. Write in Nagari. mama bhaga bha ma ga nama gaganam namanam naga bhananam gam bham nabha gamanam maga bhan bhagam The Answers in the next lesson. __________________ ವಸುಧೈವ ಕುಟುಂಕಮ್ /The world is one family / वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् Last edited by Vinayakan; 08-04-2005 at 02:47 PM.
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