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 शब्द) which 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 + अ: - देव:      (ah)

             ईश: - ई + श् + अ + अ: - ईश:     (ah)

            गुरु: - गु + र् + उ + 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!!!!!