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Lomashishiksha 2

Lomaśīśikṣā 2

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Sanskrit

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2.1

kakārārddhaṃ ṭakārārddhaṃ hanvāṃ tiṣṭhati dakṣiṇe
jihvāgreṇa tu ābhāṣyetkiṭkīḍākāra eva ca

Half of the sound k and half of the sound ṭ remain in the right jaw;
one should pronounce them with the tip of the tongue in the form of 'kiṭ-kīḍā'.

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2.2

kareṇuḥ kurviṇī caiva hariṇī hāriteti ca
tathā haṃsapadā nāma pañcaitāḥ svarabhaktayaḥ

Kareṇu, Kurviṇī, Hariṇī, Hāritā,
and also Haṃsapadā by name: these are the five svarabhaktis (anaptyctic vowels).

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2.3

kareṇuṃ tsahayorvidyātkurviṇīṃ ṛddhikarayoḥ
hariṇīṃ dṛśayorvidyād hāritāṃ ṛśakārayoḥ

One should know Kareṇu in [the combination of] t and s, Kurviṇī in ṛ and dh or k;
one should know Hariṇī in d and ṛ or ś, and Hāritā in ṛ and ś;

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2.4

tathā rephaṣakāre tu haṃsapadāṃ prakīrttayet
yā tu rephaṣakārī syātkākinīṃ tāṃ vinirdiśet

and one should pronounce Haṃsapadā when r is followed by ṣ;
that which occurs between r and ṣ, one should designate as Kākinī.

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2.5

rahābhyāṃ tu paraṃ nityaṃ kāmayanti vicakṣaṇāḥ
harau tu yatra dṛśyete na kramastu tayorbhavet

The learned always desire [gemination] after r and h;
but where h and r are seen [together], no doubling occurs for the two.

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2.6

rayoryadihakārastu dṛśyate madhyamaḥ kvacit
dvirbhāvaṃ tatra jānīyātpreṅkhāṃstarhye nidarśanam

If h is seen intermediate between two r-sounds anywhere,
one should recognise gemination there; 'preṅkhāṃstarhye' is the example.

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2.6.p1

iti dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

Thus ends the second section.

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