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Pillalamarri Ramakrishna wrote:



   >     akRura varada! kESava!
    >    cakrAyudha! SAr~japANi! Souri! mukundA!

>Yet, if the word is "akroora", then the explanation becomes simple. But the
>question remains. When is it "R" and when is it "ru"?

To add another point, It has to be akroora so as not to violate prAsa. 
As it was pointed out earlier, R is a vowel (like it or not) and so kR is 
not a dwitvAkshara like kr in chakrAyudha. 

For each word. it is already determined whether it should be r or R
and it has to be remembered just like we remember all the other
words. If we come across the same word written with r or R 
interchangeably, one is likely to be an error. Though we make fun of it,
the letter R (aroo), for several reasons, is not likely to become extinct 
like aloo and banDi ra.

Just reminded of an old poem:

okanADIvununu nEnunI vanamunan dudyatprapullAntarO
tsukatA syandi rasAnubaddha ghana santOshAtirEkambunan
vikachAmbhOruha karmasAkshulana Sobhillan jarimpanga nO
yi kRpAbhOnidhi! sarvamun marachipO nevvArikin sAdhyamE!

Note the prAsa in the 4th line.

Regards,


Sridhara Rao

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