> Pāṇini, during his twelve-year-long tapas (fervour, ardour) to Śiva, hears the ḍamaru beat fourteen times. Fourteen classes of syllables drop, resonant, into his fervent ears.
a i u ṇ
ṛ ḷ k
e o ṅ
ai au c
ha ya va ra ṭ
la ṇ
ña ma ṅa ṇa na m
jha bha ñ
gha ḍha dha ṣ
ja ba ga ḍa da ś
kha pha cha ṭha tha ca ṭa ta v
ka pa y
śa ṣa sa r
ha l
> It is famous because it is a perfect pangram, containing each character of the Japanese syllabary exactly once. Because of this, it is also used as an ordering for the syllabary, in the same way as the A, B, C, D... sequence of the Latin alphabet.
> It is famous because it is a perfect pangram, containing each character of the Japanese syllabary exactly once. Because of this, it is also used as an ordering for the syllabary, in the same way as the A, B, C, D... sequence of the Latin alphabet.