Ardhakathanak 1

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Banarasidasa (=Banarsidas, =Banarasi Biholia):
Ardhakathanaka (=Ardh kathanak) [a 17th cent. autobiography in Hindi]
Based on the ed. by Nathuram Premi, Bombay, Hindi Grantha Ratnakara, 1957.
BASED ON THE CSX+ VERSION [which distinguishes between vocalic r (r̥) and retroflex flap (ṛ)!]
ITALICS for headings / metres
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description: multibyte sequence:
long a ā
long A Ā
long i ī
long I Ī
long u ū
long U Ū
vocalic r r̥
vocalic R R̥
long vocalic r r̥̄
vocalic l l̥
long vocalic l l̥̄
long vocalic l ḹ
velar n ṅ
velar N Ṅ
palatal n ñ
palatal N Ñ
retroflex t ṭ
retroflex T Ṭ
retroflex d ḍ
retroflex D Ḍ
retroflex n ṇ
retroflex N Ṇ
palatal s ś
palatal S Ś
retroflex s ṣ
retroflex S Ṣ
anusvara ṃ
anunasika m̐
visarga ḥ
long e ē
long o ō
l underbar ḻ
r underbar ṟ
n underbar ṉ
k underbar ḵ
t underbar ṯ
nasalized a ã
nasalized long a ā̃
nasalized i ĩ
i dieresis ï
nasalized long i ī̃
nasalized u ũ
u dieresis ü
nasalized long u ū̃
nasalized e ẽ
e breve ĕ
nasalized o õ
o breve ŏ
intervocalic y ẏ
voiceless fricative k‍h̲
(in Nagari: kh underdot)
flapped r ṛ
Unless indicated otherwise, accents have been dropped in order
to facilitate word search.
For a comprehensive list of GRETIL encodings and formats see:
doharā
pāni-jugula-puṭa sīsa dhari, māni apanapau dāsa.
āni bhagati cita jāni Prabhu, bandaũ Pāsa-Supāsa. //

dohā / Placing both folded hands upon my head, knowing myself to be a servant, / bringing bhakti into my heart and knowing them to be the Lord, I bow to Pārśva and Supārśva.