Lesson 17

Beginning Prayers:

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

Topic Summary:

• More examples of 7th case words in all genders
• Practicing the usage of these words

Home Work:

• Observe the shlokas that you might already be chanting and identify 5 saptamI vibhakti (7th case) usages
• Make 3 more sentences (not the ones from last lesson's homework :), using 7th case words

Topic Details:

For reinforcement, we will see more examples of words in 7th case.  Revising the homework gives our own examples as well. 

Some examples of masculine gender -

नगरः	nagaraH	city	-	नगरे	nagare	in the city
विद्यालयः	vidyaalayaH	school	-	विद्यालये	vidyaalaye	in the school
आश्रमः	aashramaH	hermitage	-	आश्रमे	aashrame	in the hermitage
कोशः	koshaH	pocket	-	कोशे	koshe	in the pocket

A few important rules to be followed while writing -

The rules pertaining to writing 'ra' -

• If a र् comes before another consonant, then it is represented as 'a half sickle on top of the following consonant'.  Ex. र्क, as in तर्क (logic)
• If a full र comes after any other half consonant, it takes the form of 'a slash under the consonant preceding it'.  Ex. क्र तक्र (curd).

The rules pertaining to writing the nasal consonants (anunaasika-s) in between words -

• The nasal consonant present in between the words depends solely on the alphabet that follows it.  The nasal consonant has to be one from the same varga of the consonant that follows, if it is a vargIya vyanjana (a grouped consonant).  Ex.  

1. कङ्कण (ka~nkaNa - bangle)
2. चञ्चल (cha~nchala - movable, unsteady)
3. अण्ड (aNDa - egg)
4. तन्तु (tantu - cord, thread)
5. कम्पन (kampana - trembling)

Notice how the nasal consonants (anunaasika-s) are followed by consonants of their own vargas.  It is not correct to write कन्कण, चन्चल, अंड, तंतु, कंपन, etc.

We shall see the usage of the above concepts in the next lesson.

Keep practicing!

Ending prayer:

•  ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम् - aum pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam

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