[Indic-computing-devel] Re: Indic computing handbook: devanagari

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Krishnamurthy Nagarajan writes: 

> 
> Well, one may 'combine' glyphs to create 'ksha' but it
> stands on its own as a consonant (it has its own
> 'gunintha' in Kannada and Telugu and Hindi) and its

What's a gunintha? 

> pronunciation can't be systhesised from say 'ka' and
> 'sha'. So, it has to be a separate consonant. For

Actually, it can be. The same goes for thra/tra and gya/jna/gna.
Lexically there is absolutely no difference between half ka + shha and the 
ksha we are talking about. 

We've all been studying the three as separate characters in school, but they 
are not basic consonants, but conjuncts ie sanyuktakshars.