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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Sanskrit pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

Sanskrit has many complex phonological processes, called sandhi, that alter sounds due to the presence of neighboring sounds at morpheme or word boundaries. See Shiksha for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Sanskrit.

Consonants
IPANagari[1]IASTEnglish equivalent
bबbabash
bʱभbhabhor
cचccatch
cʰछchchoose
d̪दdado
d̪ʱधdhadhere
ɖडḍguard
ɖʱढḍhguardhouse
ɡगgagate
ɡʱघghpigheaded
hःḥhead
ɦहhahead
jयyyak
ɟजjhedge
ɟʱझjhhedgehog
kकkscan
kʰखkhcan
lलlleaf
mमmmuch [2]
n̪नnnot [2]
ɳणṇburner [2]
ɲञñcanyon [2]
ŋङṅbank [2]
pपpspan
pʰफphpan
rरr
s̪सssue
ʂषṣworship
ɕशśshoe
t̪तtstable
t̪ʰथthtable
ʈटṭart
ʈʰठṭhart-historian
ʋवvbetween ‹w› and ‹v›
Vowels [2][3]
IPANagari[1]IASTEnglish equivalent
əअ, पanut
ɑːआ, पाābra
eːए, पेebetween yell and Yale
iइ, पिihappy
iːई, पीīfeet
l̩ऌ, पॢḷSyllabic ‹l›: bottle
l̩ːॡ, पॣḹLong syllabic ‹l›
oːओ, पोoold
r̩ऋ, पृṛSyllabic ‹r›: better
r̩ːॠ, पॄṝLong syllabic ‹r›: bird
uउ, पुulook
uːऊ, पूūloot
əiऐ, पैai
əuऔ, पौau


Other symbols
IPANagari[1]IASTEnglish equivalent
 ̃ँṃnasal vowel ([ãː], [õː], etc.) [2]
ˈstress
(placed before stressed syllable)

 

 

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  5. Wikipedia:IPA for Sanskrit
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  10. Sanskrit in the West
  11. Sanskrit revival
  12. Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit
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  14. Sanskrit compounds
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  19. Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University
  20. Rajasthan Sanskrit University
  21. List of educational institutions which have Sanskrit phrases as their mottos
  22. Vedic Sanskrit grammar
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