yatulu - praasamulu (from sree chilukoori paapayya Saastri's aandhra
lakshaNa saaramu")
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The first varNam in a paadam of a padyam is called 'vaLi'. A varNam
that is friendly to the vaLi should go in the yati sthaanam. Example:
u. vaa@mDi mayookhamul kalu@mgu
vaa@m Daparaambudhi@m grunke dhEnuvul
nE@m DiTa vachche nEkatama
nishTameyin bhavadagnihOtramul
[vENu's note: just the first two paadams were given.]
Here, vaa, vaa; nE, ni go together in yati.
The second letter in a paadam of a padyam is called 'praasamu'.
Whichever consonant (hallu) is in the praasa position in the first
paadam should also be in the same position in all four paadams.
If the letter following the praasa letter is guruvu (resp. laghuvu) in
the first paadam, then all four paadams should have guruvu (resp.
laghuvu).
[vENu's note: Although, it says here that the same consonant should be
used for praasa, is it possible that any consonant in the same group
(vargam) can be, e.g., ka, kha, ga, gha?]
yati maitri
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1. a, aa, ai, au, ya, ha
2. i, ee, R, Ru, e, E
3. u, oo, o, O
4. ka, kha, ga, gha
5. cha, ~ca, Cha, ja, ~ja, jha, Sa, sha, sa
6. Ta, Tha, Da, Dha
7. ta, tha, da, dha
8. pa. pha, ba, bha, va
9. la, La, Da
10. na, Na
11. mu, pu, phu, bu, bhu
[vENu's note: I think there might be some errors in here. I double
checked my own transcription. Corrections requested. For instance, I
don't see ra anywhere; does it mean it is just by itself? Also, any
significance to the use of the ukaaram in the last line, as opposed to
the akaaram used everywhere else?]
Further, just as the akaaram can go with ha and ya, ikaaram and
ukaaram can go with the corresponding vowel combinations of ha and ya.
For example, i can go with yi, hi, ye, he, etc., and u can go with yu,
hu, yo, ho, etc.
[vENu's note: I generalize this to mean that the following sets are
also friendly, although not explicitly listed in the table:
{a, aa, ai, au, ya, ha, yaa, haa, yai, hai, yau, hau}
{ka, kaa, kai, kau, ga, gaa, gai, gau}
{ki, kee, kR, kRu, ke, kE, gi, gee, etc.}
etc.
end of note]
samyuktaakshara yati
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For compound letters, yati can go with ANY letter (varNam) in the
compound. This is also called, 'samyukta yati'. Example:
kshmaadharambaata pattrambugaa dharinche (kaa - gaa)
kshmaakumaaruni bOranu samharinche (shaa = sa)
praasa yati
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If praasa is used instead of yati, it is known as 'praasayati'. This
should follow all the rules of praasa.
[vENu's note: I take this to mean that if it fits better, praasa yati
may be used any time.]
Example:
bOTi yokate penDli paaTa paaDa@mga@m jochche (bOTi - paaTa)
[vENu's note: I think this is an illustrative example. bO and paa are
NOT friendly for yati, (because of the achchu part) although ba and pa
would be. Hence the need for praasa yati.]
Venu Dasigi
Summer, 1996: Intelligent Systems Section
Computer Science and Math Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, MS-6364, P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6364
vdasigi@mars.epm.ornl.gov
Later: Department of Computer Science and Information Technology
Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Ave
Fairfield, CT 06432-1000
dasigi@shu.sacredheart.edu