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    How to count maatras in a word?
    Courtesy:Sri.SL.Abhyankar




    वर्ण is syllable and अक्षरम् is letter.

    In this regard I would like to describe my understanding by taking the
    example of the word कार्त्स्न्यम् containing the वर्ण-s - क् आ र् त् स् न्
    य् अ म् Here

    - वर्ण-s क्-आ coming together make the अक्षरम् का
    - वर्ण-s र्-त्-स्-न्-य्-अ coming together make the अक्षरम् र्त्स्न्य

    Interestingly in prosodic analysis of a phrase such as
    कार्त्स्न्यमिति शब्दः कोऽपि
    the मात्रा-s are to be counted for अक्षर-s and not by वर्ण-s.
    So, for this phrase the prosodic analysis would be

    - का (2 मात्रा-s)
    - र्त्स्न्य (1 मात्रा, It may be noted that the वर्ण-s र्-त्-स्-न्-य्-अ
    together become one अक्षरम् and make count of only one मात्रा)
    - मि (1 मात्रा)
    - ति (1 मात्रा)
    - श (2 मात्रा-s, because the next अक्षर has more than one व्यञ्जन-s)
    - ब्दः (2 मात्रा-s because of the विसर्ग)
    - को (2 मात्रा-s)
    - ऽ (this pronunciation is silent, hence 0 मात्रा)
    - पि (1 मात्रा)
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