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^ ama. 



Niggahita as an. 



The dot* which is placed after a as an; that is called Niggahita. 



Binduchula manakaro niggahitan 'ti wuchchate, kewalassap* 

 payogatta akaro sannidlu yate. 



The dot which is like a jewel in a crest is called Niggahita : 

 the letter a must be combined with it, for it cannot be formed 

 alone. 



A kawaggaM karitha ja.f I ehawagga ya talu ja. U pawagga 

 6t#ha ja. 



Ta wagga fa la muddha ja. 



Ta wagga la sa danta ja. E kanthatalu p. kanthottha jo. 

 Wo dantottha^ jo.']: 



The letters a and ha and the ka class have as their place of 

 drigin the throat. The letters i and ya and the cha class have 

 as their place of origin the palate. Tae letter u and the pa 

 class have as their place of origin the lips. The letters ra and 

 la and the ta class have as , their place of origin the head. The 

 letters La and sa and the ta class have as their place of origin 

 the te3th. The letter e has as its place of origm the throat and 

 palate. The letter o has as its place of origin the throat and 

 lips, The ietterwahas as its place of origin the tjeth and lips. 

 SanntL 



So much for terms; 



* Vide Laghu Kauinudi, page 8. '* A character, in the shape of a dot, 

 following a vowel, is anusvara,;" 

 ■f Literally " are born in;" 



% The throat is the organ of tile gutturals a ka kria ga gha lia : the 

 palate, of the palatals i ya cha chha ja jlia na : the lips, of the labials u 

 pa pha ba bha ma : the head^ of the cerebrals va la ta tha da dim na : 

 the teeth, of the dentals la sa ta tha da dha na : the throat and palate, 

 of the letter e : the throat and lips of the letter o : the teeth and lips of 

 the letter wa. (Compare Ballantyne's Laghu Kaumudl, page 6, whence 

 this is adopted. It will be observed that the Pali is wanting in the 

 following- Sanskrit letters : ri, ri, lri, In, ai, au, s'a, sha, and visarga. The 

 organ of Niggahita is not given. 



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