Vowels (dependent and independent): ------- a aa/A i ii/I u uu/U RRi/R^i RRI/R^I LLi/L^i LLI/L^I e ai o au aM aH Example: aaii or AI Consonants: ----------- k kh g gh ~N ch Ch j jh ~n T Th D Dh N t th d dh n p ph b bh m y r l v / w sh Sh s h L x / kSh GY / j~n / dny shr R (for marathi half-RA) L / ld (marathi LLA) Example: aaii laaDU sa.npale! Specials/Accents: ----------------- Anusvara: .n / M / .m (dot on top of previous consonant/vowel) Avagraha: .a (`S' like symbol basically to replace a after o) Ardhachandra: .c (for vowel sound as in english words `cat' or `talk') Chandra-Bindu: .N (chandra-bindu on top of previous letter) Halant: .h (to get half-form of the consonant - no vowel - virama) Visarga: H (visarga - looks like a colon character) Om: OM, AUM (Om symbol)
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gaayiKaa, naav
gaayak, naav
giit, naav
sa.ngiit, naav
chitrapaT/naaTak, naav
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dhR^ivapad .. dhR^i\. ..
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pahila kaDava .. 1 ..
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dusara kaDava .. 2 ..
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Example:
.. gajaananaa shriigaNaraayaa ..
gaayikaa: lataa ma.ngeshakar
giit: shaa.ntaa sheLake
sa.ngiit: pa.n\. hR^idayanaath ma.ngeshakar
gajaananaa shriigaNaraayaa
aadhii va.nduu tuja morayaa
ma.ngalamuurtii shriigaNaraayaa
aadhii va.nduu tuja morayaa .. dhR^i\. ..
si.nduracharchita dhavaLe a.nga
cha.ndana_uTii khulavii ra.nga
baghataa maanas hote da.nga
jiiva jaDalaa charaNii tujhiyaa .. 1 ..
gauriitanayaa bhaalacha.ndraa
devaa kR^ipechyaa tuu samudraa
varadavinaayaka karuNaagaaraa
avadhii vighne nesii vilayaa .. 2 ..