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Swara and Vyanjanas -

There are 13   Svaras, 33 Vyanjanas and 4 Aayogavaha in Sanskrit language. Svara is also known as Ach- अ च् and Vyanjanas are also known as हल् . Every word in Sanskrit language is formed with the joining of Svara and Vyanjana. E.g. क = क्+अ Amongst the 33 Vyanjanas, 25 are Vargiya Vyanjanas that means they are classified into 5 groups with 5 Vyanjanas in each group.The classification of the Vargiya Vyanjanas is on the basis of the similarity of pronounciation.The remaining 8 Vyanjanas are the special Vyanjanas, as they are unique.   Sparsha Vyanjanas- The first 25 Vyanjanas-consonants are called Sparsha(touch) because articulating them requires some part of the mouth to touch some other. The letters whose place of pronounciation is   Kantha-throat, they are called as Kanthya-Guttural कंठ्य/ ’ क ’ वर्ग   e.g. क् , ख् , ग् , घ्. The letters whose place of pronounciation is palate are known as Talavya-Palatal तालव्य/ ‘ च ’ वर्ग e.g. च् , छ् , ज् , झ्     The letters whose p