Sanskrit alphabet
Varnamala
Vowels wiki
| Devanagari | IAST | IPA | Devanagari | IAST | IPA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glottal kaṇṭhya | अ | a | /ɐ/ | आ | ā | /ɑː/ | ||
| Palatal tālavya | इ | i | /i/ | ई | ī | /iː/ | ||
| Labial oṣṭhya | उ | u | /u/ | ऊ | ū | /uː/ | ||
| Retroflex mūrdhanya | ऋ | ṛ | /r̩/ | ॠ | ṝ | /r̩ː/ | ||
| Dental dantya | ऌ | ḷ | /l̩/ | ॡ | ḹ | /l̩ː/ | ||
| Palatolaryngeal kaṇṭhatālavya | ए | e | /eː/ | ऐ | ai | /ɑj/ | ||
| Labialaryngeal kaṇṭhoṣṭhya | ओ | o | /oː/ | औ | au | /ɑw/ | ||
| Consonant allophones | अं | aṃ | /ɐ̃/ | अः | aḥ | /ɐh/ |
Sanskrit consonants in the Devanagari script
| Plosive sparśa | Nasal anunāsika | Approximants antastha | Sibilants ūṣman/saṃgharṣhī | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | aghoṣa | ghoṣa | aghoṣa | |||||||||||
| Aspiration | alpaprāṇa | mahāprāṇa | alpaprāṇa | mahāprāṇa | alpaprāṇa | mahāprāṇa | ||||||||
| Rear kaṇṭhya | क | ka [k] | ख | kha [kʰ] | ग | ga [ɡ] | घ | gha [ɡʱ] | ङ | ṅa [ŋ] | ह | ha [ɦ] | ||
| Palatal tālavya | च | ca [t͜ɕ] | छ | cha [t͜ɕʰ] | ज | ja [d͜ʑ] | झ | jha [d͜ʑʱ] | ञ | ña [ɲ] | य | ya [j] | श | śa [ɕ] |
| Head mūrdhanya | ट | ṭa [ʈ] | ठ | ṭha [ʈʰ] | ड | ḍa [ɖ] | ढ | ḍha [ɖʱ] | ण | ṇa [ɳ] | र | ra [ɽ] | ष | ṣa [ʂ] |
| Dental dantya | त | ta [t] | थ | tha [tʰ] | द | da [d] | ध | dha [dʱ] | न | na [n] | ल | la [l] | स | sa [s] |
| Labial oṣṭhya | प | pa [p] | फ | pha [pʰ] | ब | ba [b] | भ | bha [bʱ] | म | ma [m] | व | va [ʋ] | ||