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# Karnatakabhashabhushana 2.17

English (machine translation) 2.17

- **Language:** English

### [2.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.2.17.1)

Na, ṇa, la, ya, and ḷa, preceded by a short \[vowel\], \[are doubled\] twice before a vowel.

### [2.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.2.17.2)

The sounds na, ṇa, la, ya, and ḷa preceded by a short syllable undergo gemination when followed by a vowel.

### [2.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.2.17.3)

ponnuḷḷavane kulīnaṁ;

### [2.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.2.17.4)

maṇṇellaṁ;

### [2.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.2.17.5)

pullillaṁ;

### [2.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.2.17.6)

keyyādudu;

### [2.17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.2.17.7)

muḷḷuḷḷuve kēdagegaḷ.

### [2.17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.2.17.8)

Why \[is it said\], 'preceded by a short \[vowel\]'?

### [2.17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.2.17.9)

nān endaṁ;

### [2.17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.2.17.10)

jāṇindaṁ;

### [2.17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.2.17.11)

mēlāḷgaḷ;

### [2.17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.2.17.12)

bāyāṟal;

### [2.17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.2.17.13)

kēḷītaṁ.

## Linked texts (1)

- [Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.2.17.1) — Nāgavarma II, Sanskrit

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