Agnipurana 335.21

The nasals are nasal; ha, sa, ṣa are held not to have initial voice;
semivowels have slight voice; tha and the like have breath;
one should know that a vowel has slight breath; they declare this [as] long.

Thus ends the three hundred thirty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Determination of Phonetics', in the Mahāpurāṇa called Āgneya.

[Footnote]

1. 'khaṭavasā' thus in manuscript kha. / [p. 198]

Now begins the three hundred thirty-sixth chapter.

Characteristics of Poetry and the Like