The Philosopher's Name in English?

[Stefan Baums]

On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 07:58:31PM -0500, george9252 wrote:

> What is the best ENGLISH LANGUAGE rendering of the great
> philosopher's name?  (I.e., in terms of pronunciation in English)

In terms of best approximation to authentic pronunciation probably
"Shankara": the <'s> is a palatal sibilant, the anusvara <.m> here is
a stand-in for the nasal of the same place of articulation as the
following occlusive <k>, i. e., is a velar nasal, just as the English
<n> usually is in front of a velar.

Stefan

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