Dear all,it is a "fun fact" that the word saṃskartÄ can be pronounced 108 different ways according to (some) grammarians. See Bhaá¹á¹ojÄ« DÄ«ká¹£ita ad P. 8.3.34 (SK 138). The pronunciation sanskartÄ is, however, not among them.All the Best,Victor_______________________________________________On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 3:59 AM George Hart via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:I’ve been enjoying the discussion on Indology. A friend had a question about Sanskrit that I could not answer properly. It involves the pronunciation of anusvÄra before various consonants. I believe that before y, r, l and v, it is nasalized. Assuming that is correct, is it also nasalized before Å›, á¹£, s and h? Some people say samská¹›ta, with an m sound, but I always assumed it was a nasal sound. I think the nasal is put in the same phonetic category as the Å› etc. — i.e.in aṃśa it is a palatal nasal, in saṃská¹›ta it is a dental nasal, and in siṃha it is sort of a velar nasal sound. The problem is, everyone seems to say simha (m sound), not the nasal sound. What do the grammarians say? Is there a correct pronunciation, or can one choose between the nasal and the “m†before Å›, á¹£, s and h? George Hart
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