deriv LSK ETT STT aSTA ALPH OLDHOMEPAGE NEWHOMEPAGE

@spelling of vAzari change

/pANini tells us that you may pronounce either —

teSAM rAmaH zaraiH SaDbhiH SaD jaghAna nizAcarAn | (A)

or

teSAM rAmaz zaraiS SaDbhiS SaD jaghAna nizAcarAn | (B)

both ways are correct. In other words, you may choose freely if you apply rule vAzari or not.

Now the annoying thing. Since at least the middle ages, everybody speaks like (B), and everybody spells like (A). Which is a crazy thing, because it never fails to confuse my students.

So when I teach my students I force them to spell like (A) when they use Roman letters. This helps a lot to fix ideas, and it also helps me to keep track of whether they are applying vAzari when they speak or not.

When they start using Indian letters, I teach them the correct spelling.

In this website I spell like it sounds when I use Roman, and like the Indians do when I use Indian letters.

teSAM rAmaz zaraiS SaDbhiS SaD jaghAna nizAcarAn |
तेषां रामः शरैः षड्भिः षड्जघान निशाचरान्।