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Friday, April 24, 2020

Primary school - Swar Vyanjan - Matra Visarg (अ:)


The origin of vowel अ: is from Brahmi. It is used as a matra with Swar and Vyanjan but is not written in its original form like other vowels like अं,आँ ….

Matra of अ: appears frequently in Sanskrit texts/words. Sanskrit words (तत्सम शब्दwhich often appear in Hindi  have matra of अ:.

·  Matra of अ: resembles the punctuation mark colon (:). So it should not be confused with the colon.

·    Pronunciation of अ: is ‘ah’ or ‘ih’ preceding the vowel.
   eg.-

     देव: - दे + व् + + अ: - देव:      (ah)
             ईश: - ई + श् + + अ: - ईश:     (ah)
            गुरु: - गु + र् + + अ: - गुरु:       (u ah)
            मति: - म + त् + इ + अ: - मति:  (ih)

I am uploading worksheets with some information about the use of vowel 'अ:'. Hope it is helpful to parents and kids to understand the matra of ‘Visarg'.
Happy teaching!!!!!
   






               

 

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