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Shiva's Damaru

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1. अ इ उ ण् | 2. ऋ ऌ क् | 3. ए ओ ङ् | 4. ऐ औ च् | 5. ह य व र ट् |  6. ल ण् |  7. ञ म ङ ण न म् | 8. झ भ ञ् | 9. घ ढ ध ष् | 10. ज ब ग ड द श् | 11. ख फ छ ठ थ च ट त व् | 12. क प य् | 13.श ष स र् | 14. ह ल् | As most know, the Sanskrit alphabets are arranged in an interesting order in the  माहेश्वरी-सूत्राणि  ( Maheshwara Sutras) as shown above. We find the order peculiar because we do not really learn the alphabets in this order. For example, we learn the vyanjanas (consonants) in a different order that is based on where they emerge from the mouth: क ख ग घ ङ - from the throat (Kantha) च छ ज झ़ ञ - tongue touches the middle palate (Talavya) ट ठ ड ढ ण - tip of the tongue touches the front palate (Murdhanya) त थ द ध न - tip of the tongue touches the teeth (Dantya) प फ ब भ म - from the lips (Oshtya) In the Maheshwara Sutras, the first four sutras are all svaras (vowels) and they start with अ and end with च्. Any word that ends with these svaras are Ajanta Shabdas (अ thru ...