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Build a pratyāhāra

The same builder as the Māheśvara page. Marker lines are 1 through 14.

Open the Māheśvara page for the full control. Here is a quick check.

Sort the glossed type letters

Match a marker

Flashcards

Again waits about a minute. Know waits a day, then three, then seven. This is a simple ladder, not a medical schedule.

Interview bank

Generic questions. Sample answers cite this app's sources. They are not a personal résumé and not a claim about a job.

How is a pratyāhāra like a character class?

Learner's note (not a translation): both name a set. In this app, ac is the computed list a i u ṛ ḷ e o ai au. The analogy is made here. Confirm before relying if you present it as Pāṇini's own comparison.

What would you refuse to invent in an interview?

An English meaning, a sandhi join, a century for Kātyāyana, and which Kashmir lines differ. The pages say confirm before relying.

How does anuvṛtti resemble a carried variable?

Learner's note (not a translation): 1.1.3's file field lists two earlier strings. Calling that a variable is a bridge for programmers, not a translation of the line.

Learn it in 5 minutes

Games check a number or a gloss that this app already states. They do not score you on a translation.

Flashcards use a simple ladder on this device: again is about a minute, then a day, three days, and seven.

Interview answers are generic and cited. They are not a résumé and not someone's job story.

A visual

Pratyāhāra ac Pratyāhāra ac Starta on line 1through themarker on line 4Drop the itmarkera i u ṛ ḷ e o aiauA moving dot shows the reading order. Reduced motion hides it. DisclaimerSūtra Nexus is an independent, free, learning-only student project. It respects everytradition, scholar, publisher, company and vendor. Trademarks, texts and sources belong totheir owners, and nothing here is affiliated with or endorsed by them. If something shouldbe removed or corrected, it will be handled promptly through the contact form. Nothing hereis sold. I am happy to volunteer for any organization.Computed from data/maheshvara.json. ac has 9 sounds. Not a translation.
Pratyāhāra ac. Computed from data/maheshvara.json. ac has 9 sounds. Not a translation.

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Worked example

Recompute hal

  1. Open the builder.
  2. Start at h on line 5.
  3. Stop at marker line 14.
  4. Count 33 sounds.

Quiz

How many sounds does the self-test give hal?

Where do card timings live?

What is an interview answer here?

What does Again wait?

Does the builder translate the set?

Ecosystem

Glossary

  • pratyāhāra — A set computed from a start sound and a marker line.

Sister topics

Sister rooms are the chips in the section banner.

Bridges

Learner's note (not a translation): this page explains the app. It does not add a rule of the grammar.

Later hooks

An open meaning, and a human check of the IAST. Confirm before relying.

Full builder

The set is computed in the browser from the 14 lines. It is not a translation.

Sources and go deeper

  • ashtadhyayi-com/data README. The raw README says you are free to use the data in your own projects if you give appropriate credit. No SPDX identifier is stated. last checked 2026-10. Licence: credit required, no formal SPDX, confirmed from the raw README.
  • English Wikipedia, Aṣṭādhyāyī. The page says the work has 3,983 sūtras in eight chapters, each subdivided into four pādas, and lists vidhi, paribhāṣā, adhikāra, atideśa, niyama, and negation rules. CC BY-SA. last checked 2026-10. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.