[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vernacular Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular) › [Kannada literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada) › [Grammar, poetics and lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra) › [Karnatakabhashabhushana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana) › 1.14 # Karnatakabhashabhushana 1.14 Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa 1.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.1.14.1) anusvārō binduḥ. > \[Sūtra 14:\] The anusvāra dot is the anusvāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.1.14.2) nistuḷōdāttamuktāphalānukārī binduḥ anusvārasaṁjñō bhavati. kēvalasyāsya bindōḥ prayōgābhāvād akāraḥ sannidhīyatē — aṁ iti. > The dot resembling a perfectly round, prominent pearl receives the technical term anusvāra. Because this dot cannot be used alone, the letter a is placed near it, as: aṁ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.1.14.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.1.14) · Pramāṇa