The Sanskrit Alphabet

By Ashwini Kumar Aggarwal

Book Overview

Sanskrit has been revived with the advancement in technology and the incorporation of fonts, keyboard character maps, and Samskrita Bharati. This book gives the complete Alphabet, consisting of Vowels and Consonants, Semivowels, Sibilants and the Aspirate.

Special attention is paid to the Vedic letter for "da" found in the Rigveda, and the Vedic nasals formed by euphonic combination known as Ayogavahas. The Vedic Accents namely Udata, Anudata and Svarita are also explained.

Reading of Avagraha, Ayogavaha, Visarga and Anusvara is given in detail. Unicodes and relevant fonts are mentioned.

A useful and complete book for the novice, the amateur or the Scholar.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9348012274
• ISBN13: 9789348012272
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ashram
• Length: 66 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"