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Default Learn to write the Devanāgarī (देवनागरी) script; Lesson 8

Answers of Lesson 7
7a
अतिरागः। अतुलनम। अतः। अनयः। अमलकम्। अनुरागः। आशा। आसनम्। आयुतम्। आरावः। आयुः। आकाशः। ओणिः। ओष। औषस। भौमिका। कोशः। कोकिलः। कोमल। कौलिक। पौरुष। पुरुषः। भागौ। कमले। लोककथा। लेखकः। लेखनी। रामायणम्। कौरवः। सोमवारः। पौराः। खोरः। पौरोगवः। पोषणम्। नगरेषु। भारते। अनुकूलम्। शैवाः। काकौ। रामायणकथालेखनम्। अशोकवनम्। मेषपालनम्।

7b
atisāraḥ, amuka, atulānām, apāyanam, anugamanam, aparataḥ, āśāvatī, vīravānaraḥ, oganaḥ, bhogaḥ, kharau, sopānam, āgamanam, laukika, lopaḥ, āgamalekhakānām, mauninaḥ, ām, kaupīnam, balam, bālam, keśaḥ, modakaḥ, gaṇeśaḥ, kopaḥ, kauśika, anusārena, āvāpaḥ, punarāgamanāya, narau, atibhāṣaṇam, kautukavaśāt, śaivāgamamatānusāreṇa, anubhāveṣu, gorasaḥ, rephaḥ.

Lesson 8
Three new consonants. All of these are aspirated, with a clear h-sound.
gha → , dha → , cha (chha) → .
The /dha is dental, the tongue touches the upper teeth.
/cha is in popular spelling written as chha. Cha is like English ch in church head. But the English ch sounds a bit more like tsy than the Indian ca/cha or cha/chha.
A dot on a vowel (ं )represents nasal. In the most cases a m / म्. After learning the whole alphabet I will explain the details.
मातरं नमामि (mātaraṁ namāmi) = मातरम् नमामि (mātaram namāmi) and वंश (vaṁśa) वम् श (vamśa).

Reading exercise
8a
घन। राधा। धीः। निघुः। धूसर। कंसः। धारा। मेषः। लभते। घोर। कैलासः। नीयते। धेनुः। अंशुः। पीयते। रैवत। छलम्। धनम्। सावधानम्। अवधीयताम्। रघौ। अधिकारी। केतुः। छागलः। हंसैः। माघमासे। छाया। अधिपः। घुणः। मैथुनः। घोल। गोल। अभिधानम्। साधूनाम्। अवधूतगीता॥
Write in Devanagari.
8b
chāgeṣu, dhīra, aghaḥ, adhivāsaḥ, aneke, manase, bhāṣate, taijasam, dhenuḥ, churikā, māṁsaḥ, kaṁśaḥ, meghavatī, netāraḥ, aghaṁśa, dhūmanipānam, dhārayati, chāgalamāṁsaṁ khādati, chidiḥ, ghanavaneṣu, ghoravaneṣu, āghātaḥ, dhūmavirodhaḥ, chan chan, raghuvīraḥ, dhāvasi, bheṣakaḥ, bhaṣako bhaṣati.
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