The pronunciation of the three “S” in the Sanskrit alphabet

In the Sanskrit alphabet there are five letters called “hissing”.

The first is pronounced palatally and is the “s” written with a tilde above, that is ś. The sound of the S resembles that of the S cerebral but is more sibilant.

Then we have a cerebral S, which is equivalent to our sh, that is ṣ.

And finally there is a dental one that corresponds to our s, that is स.

• Manonatha Dasa

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