Lesson 12 ृ - ṛ - ri, हृ - hṛ

ṛ -ri - ृ

as written after a consonant, it looks like this ृ (the squiggle is the placeholder for the consonant - the consonant is written first, e.g. ka and then ṛ, see examples below).

First line on the keyboard

- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - ृ (Sanskrit)

- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = (English)

कृपा - kṛpā - read - kripî - mercy - character "k = h e" English Keyboard 

गृह - gṛha - read - grihî - home, family - character "i =  u" English keyboard

आमृत - āmṛta - read - amrit - nektar - character "E c = l" English keyboard 

अनावृत - anāvṛta - read - anaavrit - not covered, uncovered - character "D v e b = l"

हृ hṛ

हृदय - hṛdaya - read - hriday - heart - character "u ' o /" English keyboard 

सुहृद - suhṛda - read - suhrid - friend, darling - character " m g u ' o" English keyboard

हृषिक - hṛṣika - read - hrișic - sense worry - character "u ' ; f k" English keyboard

हृषु - hṛṣu - read - hrișu - fire, sun, moon, happy " character u ' ; g" English keyboard

Exercise: write the Sanskrit words in Devanagari, using the Sanskrit keyboard 10 times.

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