Begin at the source of sound
The Sound Mandala
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throat · कण्ठlips · ओष्ठ
where it's born in the mouth
In a word
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Tap a family to light it up
What the 49 counts: 16 vowels, with ं and ः, 25 stops, and 8 semivowels and sibilants. The four loose tiles — क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ and the Vedic ळ — are extras you will meet in reading, outside that count.
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Print the wall poster — all 49, one A3 sheet
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Tap any letter, then Listen · spoken aloud
Learn from the text itself
The Living Verse
Bhagavad Gītā 2.47 — tap any word to unfold its sound, sense, and grammar.
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥
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Tap a word above to unfold it.
The whole verse
"You have a right to your action alone, never to its fruits. Let not the fruits be your motive — nor let attachment to inaction take hold."