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(Created page with "The '''''Śivasūtras''''' (Devanagari: शिवसूत्र), also known as '''''akṣara samāmnāya''''' (Devanagari: अक्षर समाम्न्या) , and referred to by terms such as ''māheśvarāṇi sūtrāṇi'', ''pratyāhāra·sūtrāṇi'', and ''varṇa·samāmnāya,'' consist of a set of fourteen aphorisms that organise the sounds of Sanskrit for grammatical analysis, as articulated by the grammarian ''Pāṇini'' (Devanagari:...")
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''Pāṇini'' himself employs the term '''akṣara·samāmnāya'', while the colloquial designation "''Shiva sutra''" is believed to have emerged later. According to claims made by ''Nandikeśvara'' in his ''Kāśikā'', it is said that the deity ''Śiva'' struck his drum fourteen times to unveil these sounds to Pāṇini. The origins of the ''Śiva·sūtras'' are debated, with some suggesting they were either{{efn|Since hardly any grammatical literature from before Pāṇini has survived, it might be impossible to determine this either way}} composed by ''Pāṇini'' to complement his ''Aṣṭādhyāyī'' or that they predate him.<ref name=B1/><ref name=CV12/><ref>Cardona, §131.</ref>
''Pāṇini'' himself employs the term '''akṣara·samāmnāya'', while the colloquial designation "''Shiva sutra''" is believed to have emerged later. According to claims made by ''Nandikeśvara'' in his ''Kāśikā'', it is said that the deity ''Śiva'' struck his drum fourteen times to unveil these sounds to Pāṇini. The origins of the ''Śiva·sūtras'' are debated, with some suggesting they were either{{efn|Since hardly any grammatical literature from before Pāṇini has survived, it might be impossible to determine this either way}} composed by ''Pāṇini'' to complement his ''Aṣṭādhyāyī'' or that they predate him.<ref name=B1/><ref name=CV12/><ref>Cardona, §131.</ref>
== ''Shiva Sutras'' ==
The following table shows the Shiva Sutras in [[Devanagari|Devnagri Script]] and their [[transliteration]] into the well-used transliteration scheme of Indic characters by Latin scripts viz. [[ISO 15919]] and [[ITRANS]].
{| class="wikitable"
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![[ISO 15919]] (Indic)
![[ITRANS|Roman (ITRANS)]]
![[Devanagari]]
|-
|1. a i u ṇ,
2. r̥ l̥ k,
3. ē ō ṅ,
4. ai au c,
5. ha ya va ra ṭ,
6. la ṇ,
7. ña ma ṅa ṇa na m,
8. jha bha ñ
9. gha ḍha dha ṣ
10. ja ba ga ḍa da ś
11. kha pha cha ṭha tha ca ṭa ta v
12. ka pa y
13. śa ṣa sa r
14. ha l
|1. a i u N,
2. R^i L^i k,
3. e o ~N,
4. ai au ch,
5. ha ya va ra T,
6. la N,
7. ~na ma ~Na Na na m,
8. jha bha ~n
9. gha Dha dha Sh
10. ja ba ga Da da sh
11. kha pha Cha Tha tha cha Ta ta v
12. ka pa y
13. sha Sha sa r
14. ha l
|'''१.  अ इ उ ण्,'''
'''२.  ऋ ऌ क्,'''
'''३.  ए ओ ङ्,'''
'''४.  ऐ औ च्,'''
'''५.  ह य व र ट्,'''
'''६.  ल ण्,'''
'''७.  ञ म ङ ण न म्,'''
'''८.  झ भ ञ्'''
'''९.  घ ढ ध ष्'''
'''१०. ज ब ग ड द श्'''
'''११. ख फ छ ठ थ च ट त व्'''
'''१२. क प य्'''
'''१३. श ष स र्'''
'''१४. ह ल्'''
|}
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