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<BR>Subject: [agathiyar] Re: Representing alien letters/sounds in Tamil
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<BR>Swaminathan Sankaran wrote:
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<BR>>> "சங்கர்" "ச" வும் "ஷண்முகன்" "ஷ" வும் ஒன்றல்ல. ஆகையால் "சங்கர்" "ச"வுக்கு
<BR>>>வேறொரு குறி தேவை.
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<BR>Dear Dr. Sankaran,
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<BR>Greetings. It is true that Sanskrit has three kinds of s.
<BR>Sanskritists call them as sibilants, and usually denote
<BR>them as s, z, S. I have seen Indian Sanskrit scholars use
<BR>as s, sh, Sh resp. for them. In the academia, they use diacritcal
<BR>marks:1) s, 2) 's (a slant mark above s) for z,
<BR>and 3).s (a dot under s) for S.
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<BR>Usually in Tamil we don't distinguish between
<BR>ziva, zaMkara, zloka and sarasvatI etc.,
<BR>The single quote (') before the Tamil letter c
<BR>seems to be sufficient for s and 's of Sanskrit.
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<BR>Reagards,
<BR>N. Ganesan
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<BR>PS: Those three s's are differentiated well in
<BR>transcribing Sanskrit slokas in Ramakrishna Math
<BR>publications or Sudharsanar's Srivaishnava publications
<BR>from Srirangam. With subscripts like 1, 2, 3 & 4.
<BR>But the necessity to write Sanskrit exactly as is, is
<BR>needed only for a small group. Eg., temple Bhattars.
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