week 2

sanskrit/brief_introduction_to_sounds_and_sound_changes.textile

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ However, given that Sanskrit and especially has a large number of sound changes
 
 This will, potentially, help you understand the "why" of the sandhi and this understanding may facilitate use. Moreover, it will be helpful, should you learn other later Indo-European languages, to understand the types of sound changes that occur as a family of languages evolves. 
 
+
 *Here are the types of sounds you will find in Sanskrit:*
 
 *General Types:*
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ p((. 		Palatal: formed by pressing the tongue against the hard palate at the roo
 
 p((. 		Guttural: formed from back of throat (English "k", "g")
 
-p((. 		Click/Lingual: with tip of tongue at top of palate ("r" in very)
+p((. 		Click (In Perry, Lingual): with tip of tongue at top of palate ("r" in very)
 
 
 p(. Fricative: sound formed by forcing air through a narrow channel, as in the tongue top of the palate ("ch" in Bach) or tongue against the front teeth (english "f").

sanskrit/resources-blogs.textile

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+http://sanskritvoice.com/2009/10/13/sanskrit-blogs/
+

sanskrit/resources-ocr.textile

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+
+Sanskrit and Hindi OCR
+
+http://www.indsenz.com/int/index.php

sanskrit/sandhi.textile

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 In order of introduction in Perry, with paragraph number. Explanatory notes includes from W. Sidney Allen's book Sandhi where additional explanation may be helpful.
 
-
 95
-s, r -> h (end of word)  NOTE: the final syllable is commonly pronounced with the vowel sound of the previous sylable. According to MW, this is because the pure "h" sound is difficult for many speakers of S.Asian languages to pronounce.
-
+final s/r -> h (end of phrase or before k/kh/p/ph/ç/s) NOTE: the final syllable is commonly pronounced with the vowel sound of the previous sylable. According to MW, this is because the pure "h" sound is difficult for many speakers of S.Asian languages to pronounce.
 
 104
 a/aa + a = aa
@@ -17,9 +15,107 @@ a/aa + o/au = au
 s -> r (voiced)
 r -> s (voiceless)
 
-148 final: 
+118
+final as -> o (before voiced consonant or a) NOTE: initial "a" in following word,if exists,  is dropped and replaced with apostrophe
+
+120
+final as -> a (before vowel other than a)
+
+121 
+final aas -> aa (before any voiced vowel or consonant)
+
+122
+final r -> h
+
+123
+rr -> elongated vowel + r (e.g. punar raamah -> punaa raamah)
+
+129
+final s -> ç (before c, ch)
+final s -> s. (before t.,t.h) extremely rare
+
+138
+final n -> ñ (before j and ç), in second case usually also ç -> ch
+
+139
+final n -> ňl (before l) (e.g. taan lokaan -> taaňl lokaan) 
+
+140 
+final n + (c/ch/ṭ/ṭh/t/th) -> (see below) + n (anusvara)  (e.g. taan ca -> taaṅç ca) 
+c/ch -> ç
+ṭ/ṭh -> ṣ
+t/th -> s
+
+EX: voiceless stop (palatal, lingual, dental) -> corresponding sibilant
+
+149
+final t + c/ch/j/jh/ṭ/ṭh/ḍ/ḍh/l -> doubles  (e.g. meghaat jalam -> meghaaj jalam)
+
+NOTE: Appears to be an error here AHHHHHH
+
+EX: palatals + linguals + l
+
+148 final
+final t -> g/gh/d/dh/b/bh -> d
+
+EX: before voiced ex. palatals and nasals
+
+150 
+final t + ç -> c + ch (e.g. nrpaat çatruh -> nrpaac chatruh)
+
+151 
+final t + nn/ñ/ṇ/n/m (nasals) -> n + nasal  
+NOTE: in rare cases instead t -> d
+
+156
+final short/long vowel + initial short/long vowel -> vowel
+e.g.
+i/ii + i/ii -> ii
+
+157
+i/ii/u/uu/ṛ + other vowel/dipthong -> corresponding semivowel (y/v/r)
+(e.g. tiṣṭhatii atra -> tiṣṭhaty atra)
+
+158
+final e/o + a -> e/o + nul (a disappears)
+
+159 
+final i/u of dipthong -> y/v
+EXCEPT: when 158 applies
+
+160
+final long vowel (e/) -> shortened form
+
+161
+Exceptions to 160:
+
+(1) Dual endings do not change.
+(2) Final, or only, vowel of an interjection (he indra)
+
+164
+final aai and au -> aay/aav (before vowel/dipthong).  y/v may be dropped.
+
+165
+words (aa/ma) to/don't  + initial ch -> cch
+RARE
+
+166 
+final r + initial n -> r + ṅ  
+
+167
+anu
+ava
+
+
+
+n + n
+
+
+
+
+
 
-final t -> d  (before voiced ex. palatals and nasals)
+..
+22 rules
 
 
-as -> o (before voiced consanent or a)

sanskrit/sanskrit_letters.textile

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+characters you may need to use:
+
+ñ
+ṇ
+ň
+ṅ