Lesson 4

Beginning Prayers:

• शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुम् - shuklaambaradharaM viShNum
• सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhyam 
• गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः - gururbrahmaa gururviShNuH 

Topic Summary:

• Writing सम्युक्ताक्षर-s (samyuktaakShara-s)
• Extension of verb knowledge with first, second and third person forms
  

Home Work:

• Practice writing स्वरयुक्त व्यञ्जन-s (swara-yukta vyanjana-s) from त् to ह्

Topic Details:

We have seen the making of syllables, by blending consonants with the vowels.  Another way of making syllables is, consonants with consonants. A vyanjana in the pure form is only in क् form.  When a vyanjana in its true form comes in the middle of a word, it is represented differently.  The general rule for those with an ending vertical line is that, it drops the vertical line when in conjunction with another vyanjana.  Examples are -

ख् becomes ख्‍
ग् becomes ग्‍
च् becomes च्‍
छ् becomes छ्‍
ज् becomes ज्‍
झ् becomes झ्‍

so on and so forth.  (See samyuktaakShara list for more examples.)  This will be followed by the next vyanjana, when in the middle of a word.  For example,

गच्छति (goes)
Here, a च् is followed by a छ, hence becomes च्छ

आगच्छति
Here also, a च् is followed by a छ , hence becomes च्छ 

कृष्णः
Here, a ष् is followed by a ण, hence becomes ष्ण


The verbs for third person singular, end with -ति.  We saw examples in the previous lesson.  To use the same dhaatu-s (verb roots) for second person singular, the suffix would be -सि.  The suffix for the first person singular is -आमि.  Examples are in the verb list.  

We shall see more examples of syllables made of consonants with consonants in the next lesson.

Ending prayer:

•  ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम् - aum pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam

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