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अक्षरसमाम्नाय (akSarasamAmnAya)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
अक्षरसमाम्नाय akSarasamAmnAya
m.
 alphabet
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अ-क्षर—समाम्नाय
m.
 alphabet,
Pat.
BhP.
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
अक्षरसमाम्नाय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ವ್ಯಾಕರಣಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಮೂಲಭೂತವಾದ ಹದಿನಾಲ್ಕು ಸೂತ್ರಗಳು
व्युत्पत्तिः - > (चतुर्दशसूत्री) ।
विस्तारः - > “अइउण् ऋलृक् एओङ् ऐऔच् हयवरट् लण् ञमङणनम् झभञ् घढधष् जवगडदश् खफछठथचटतव् कपय् शषसर् हल्” ಈ ಹದಿನಾಲ್ಕು ಸೂತ್ರಗಳೂ ಪಾಣಿನಿಮಹರ್ಷಿಯ ತಪಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಸಂತುಷ್ಟನಾದ ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರನು ನರ್ತನದ ಕೊನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಾರಿಸಿದ ಢಕ್ಕೆಯ ಅನುಗ್ರಹದಿಂದ ಲಬ್ಧವಾದುವು.
Abhyankara Grammar
English
अक्षरसमाम्नाय alphabet: traditional enumeration of phonetically inde- pendent letters generally begin- ning with the vowel a (अ). Al- though the number of letters and the order in which they are stat- ed differ in different treatises, still, qualitatively they are much the same. The Śivasūtras, on which Pāṇini's grammar is based, enu- merate 9 vowels, 4 semi-vowels, twenty five class-consonants and 4 | sibilants. The nine vowels are five simple vowels or monothongs (समा- नाक्षर) as they are called in ancient treatises, and the four diphthongs, (सन्ध्यक्षर ). The four semi-vowels y, v, r, l, ( य् व् र् ल् ) or antasthā- varṇa, the twenty five class-conso- nants or mutes called sparśa, and the four ūṣman letters ś, ṣ, s and h ( श् ष् स् ह् ) are the same in all the Prātiśākhya and grammar works although in the Prātiśākhya works the semi-vowels are mentioned after the class consonants.The difference in numbers, as noticed, for exam- ple in the maximum number which reaches 65 in the Vājasaneyi- Prātiśākhya, is due to the separate mention of the long and protract- ed vowels as also to the inclusion of the Ayogavāha letters, and their number. The Ayogavāha letters are anusvāra, visarjanīya, jihvāmu- līya, upadhmānīya, nāsikya, four yamas and svarabhaktī. The Ṛk Prātiśākhya does not mention l (लृ), but adding long ā (अा) i (ई) ，ū (ऊ) and ṛ (ऋ) to the short vowels, mentions 12 vowels, and mention- ing 3 Ayogavāhas (< क्, = प् and अं) lays down 48 letters. The Ṛk Tantra Prātiśākhya adds the vowel l (लृ) (short as also long) and mentions 14 vowels, 4 semi- vowels, 25 mutes, 4 sibilants and by adding 10 ayogavāhas viz. 4 yamas, nāsikya, visarjanīya, jihvāmu- līya, upadhmānīya and two kinds of anusvāra, and thus brings the total number to 57. The Ṛk Tantra makes a separate enume- ration by putting diphthongs first, long vowles afterwards and short vowels still afterwards, and puts semi-vowels first before mutes, for purposes of framing brief terms or pratyāhāras. This enumeration is called varṇopadeśa in contrast with the other one which is called varṇoddeśa. The Taittirīya prātiśākhya adds protracted vowels and lays down 60 letters : The Ṣikṣā of Pāṇini lays down 63 or 64 letters, while the Vājasa- neyi-prātiśākhya gives 65 letters. cf. V. Pr. VIII. 1-25. The alphabet of the modern Indian Languages is based on the Varṇasamāmnāya given in the Vājasaneyi-prātiśākhya. The Prā- tiśākhyas call this enumeration by the name Varṇa-samāmnāya. The Ṛk tantra uses the terms Akṣara samāmnāya and Brahmarāśi which are picked up later on by Patañjali.cf. सोयमक्षरसमाम्नायो वाक्समाम्नायः पुष्पितः फलितश्चन्द्रतारकवत् प्रतिमण्डितो वेदि- तव्यो ब्रह्मराशिः । सर्ववेदपुण्यफलावाप्तिश्चास्य ज्ञाने भवति । मातापितरौ चास्य स्वर्गे लोके महीयेते । M. Bh. Ahnika.2-end.
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 अक्षरसमाम्नाय, अक्षरन्यासः, वर्णमाला, अक्षरमाला, मातृका
noun
वर्णानां क्रमबद्धा सारणिः।
"हिन्दिभाषायाः अक्षरसमाम्नायं पठ।"