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[sairam]

Friends,

I am really ashamed to ask this, but having not respected my sanskrit (or is it samskrit?) teacher during my schooling, which I now badly regret, I retain almost zero gyan delivered by him. I cannot even pronounce this word correctly as a punishment for that.

So, is it Sa'n'skrit or Sa'm'skrit? ('na' in pronunciation or 'ma')

To put it more specifically, what are the rules for an anusvara to be a 'na'
or a 'ma' or 'ang' or 'ann'.... etc. for pronunciation?

I think I figured out the rules for an anusvar before the first 25 consonants
of the varnamala. But I am not able to figure out the rules for
ya, ra, la, va, sha, ssha, sa and ha.

Any pointers will be greatly helpful.

Thanks /sairam

[yaajushi]

see this

http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=14669&tid=2534862916856574847&kw=why

actually, the pronunciation is neither ma nor na, its purely nasal and the lips do not touch each other, nor does the tongue move.
same way, in the 'krut'/'krit'/'krt' part, the lips dont move to say 'i' or 'u' or even 'a'.

the defective pronunciations are purely due to regional influences.
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