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Syllable Forge · अक्षरशाला
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Where letters become syllables
A consonant carries a hidden 'a'. Add a vowel-sign and it changes its coat; press two consonants together and they fuse. Hear every one.
Pick a consonant
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Pick a conjunct
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The rule you just felt
A consonant's built-in 'a' is silenced by the little foot-stroke ◌् (virāma / halant). With no vowel between them, two consonants lean together and draw as one shape. That is every conjunct in Sanskrit.
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