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Season 6

Writing the Consonants

We play with writing the consonants, semi vowels, siblants and conjunctions.

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Anuradha writes the gutturals or consonants, articulating the sound in the back of the throat—ka, kha, ga, gha and na.
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Writing Gutterals
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
15 min
Mother Tongue
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We experiment with visualizing and drawing the palatals with our mind and body.
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Writing Palatals
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
15 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha writes the cerebrals, articulating the sound in the center of the roof of your mouth—ta, tha, da, dha and na.
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Writing Cerebrals
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
15 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha guides us in a practice of sounding, visualizing, and writing the dentals.
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Writing Dentals
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
20 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha writes the labials—pa, pha, ba, bha, ma. We look at their written forms, both devanagari script and the English transliterative versions.
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Writing Labials
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
15 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha writes the semi vowels and sibilants. We look at their written forms, both devanagari script and the English transliterative versions.
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Semi Vowels & Sibilants
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
25 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha writes the conjunct consonants. Together we look at their written forms, both devanagari script and the English transliterative versions.
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Writing Conjunct Consonants
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
10 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha gives us a recap of our journey into the wonders of Sanskrit. In this next part we see how consonants combine with neighboring consonants.
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Combining Consonants
Anuradha Choudry
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5 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha explains how consonants combine and behave with other consonants. Together we look at the set of letters that have a single point of touch.
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Single Touch
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
10 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha explains the double point touch with a overhead line. Together we sound and write words in the devanagari script and transliteration.
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Double Touch
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
15 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha explains the rounded-side letters: ka pah la. Together we unpack the words Klesha (Hinderances), Shakti (Energy), and Bhakti (Devotion).
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Rounded Side
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
10 min
Mother Tongue
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We continue to explore combining consonants: na, cha, ta, tha, da, dha. Together we sound and write in the devanagari script and transliteration.
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Rounded Bottom & Tails
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
20 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha concludes her lessons on combining consonants with the neighboring consonants with the last two of the 52 letters: ra and ha.
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R & Ha Sound
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
20 min
Mother Tongue
N/A

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