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The Devanagari Script 
Stroking the aksharas (Java animation)
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Welcome to this page illustrating the way the Devanagari Aksharas are written. When the page loads fully, the Java Applet will stroke the first akshara (by default). The stroking of any akshara may be seen by clicking on the akshara.

Please note that when the applet starts, delays may cause the first few strokes of "ah" to be missed. The applet will draw them at the end giving the impression that a different stroking order is applicable. Therefore the first akshara should be repeated to see the correct sequence of strokes. Also it may be mentioned here that the stroked aksharas may look a bit different from the aksharas seen in fonts. The strokes basically represent the action involved in writing the akshara by hand.

If you would like to download a copy of this animation sequence and keep it for reference in your own system, please use the link below. The file is kept as a tar archive. A binary utility for extracting the files on a Win95 system, (tar.exe) is also made available. Winzip may also be used.

Download the anim.tar file and extract the eight files in the archive into some convenient directory in your system. Use your web browser to open the Sanskrit.html file to see the animation.

Contents

Introduction

Short Vowels

Long Vowels

Support Vowels

Generic form of a Consonant

Gutterals

Palatals

Cerebrals

Dentals

Labials

Semi Vowels, Sibilants etc.

Consonant Vowel combinations

Conjunct characters

Writing methods for Conjuncts

Conjuncts with "ra"

Summary

Exercise
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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