In Hinđī & Sanskṛiŧ, māŧrā (मात्रा) means extent or amount! So a māŧrā represent amount of a vowel. 'kṣhar' also means 'Ajṅān' (Agn'yān lack of knowledge), so we can say 'Akṣhar' mean 'not lack of knowledge' or 'knowledge'! MāŧrāEn̐ (मात्राएँ) In a chapter titled 'Akṣhar Vijṅān (Vign'yān)' of a book titled 'Vaiđik Sampaŧŧi', 'Akṣhar' is compared to an atom! (Then 'conjuncts'/'syllables' become molecules. 'A' is used here as 'un', so 'Akṣhar' means something 'which remains' (nonperishable)! Knowledge remains in the form of Akṣhar/s. ![]() 'kṣhar' (क्षर) means 'cease to exist' or 'which will not remain'. Akṣhar (अक्षर)Īkṣhar means something immortal. It is also called 'kakaharā' (ककहरा) or 'Akṣhar-mālā' (अक्षरमाला Akshar-mala)! Varṇa means letter mālā means chain or garland. The alphabet of Nāgarī is called 'Varṇamālā' (वर्णमाला). If you want to see pictures of ĐevaNāgarī alphabets and skip the introduction of Nāgarī click following. Illiteracy is reducing in India, more and more people are beginning to read and write in ĐevaNāgarī. ![]() ![]() It is used by more than 250 million people! It is used for writing text of Hinđī, Marāthī, Nepālī, Sanskṛiŧ and many other regional languages and dialects in the Indian subcontinent.
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