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Visarga (Sanskrit: विसर्ग, romanized: visarga, lit. 'sending forth, discharge'), in Sanskrit phonology (śikṣā), is the name of the voiceless glottal fricative, [h], written as ' ः '. It was also called, equivalently, visarjanīya by earlier grammarians. Visarga is an allophone of /r/ and /s/ in pausa (at the end of an utterance).
Brahmin (practising pranayama) with tuft of hair at the Bindu Visarga The Bindu Visarga is said to be connected with ajna, the third eye chakra. The Bindu Visarga is at the back of the head, at the point where many Brahmins keep a tuft of hair. It is symbolized by a crescent moon on a moonlit night, with a point or bindu above it.
In Tantra, Bindu (or Bindu visarga —"falling of the drop") is a point at the back of the head where Brahmins grow their tuft of hair. [7][8] This point is below the sahasrara chakra and above the ajna chakra, and is represented by a crescent moon with a white drop. It represents the manifestation of creations such as consciousness.
Matrikas (Sanskrit: मातृका (singular), IAST: mātṝkā, lit. "mothers") [2] also called Matar or Matri, are a group of mother goddesses who are always depicted together in Hinduism. The Matrikas are often depicted in a group of seven, the Saptamatrika (s) (Seven Mothers). [3] However, they are also depicted as a group of eight, the ...
Sanskrit grammar. The grammar of the Sanskrit language has a complex verbal system, rich nominal declension, and extensive use of compound nouns. It was studied and codified by Sanskrit grammarians from the later Vedic period (roughly 8th century BCE), culminating in the Pāṇinian grammar of the 4th century BCE.
Daṇḍa. v. t. e. Va or Wa is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Va is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . It is generally romanized as "Va" in scripts for Indic languages, but as "Wa" in many scripts for other language families.
The varëas a, ä, ka-varga (ka, kha, ga, gha, ìa), ha, and visarga (ù) are called kaëöhya because their place of pronunciation is the throat (kaëöha). The varëas i, é, ca-varga (ca, cha, ja, jha, ïa), ya, and ça are called tälavya because their place of pronunciation is the palate (tälu). Other names, also made according to the ...
Telugu script (Telugu: తెలుగు లిపి, romanized: Telugu lipi), an abugida from the Brahmic family of scripts, is used to write the Telugu language, a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as well as several other neighbouring states. It is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic.