Sapta Graha Akshara
Not going into the detailed analysis,
suffice is to say that these alphabets are involved in the
process of creation of this entire universe as all creation is from
sound. In the simplest 'Sapta Graha Akshara' system, the seven planets from the Sun
to Saturn lord over these alphabets. However, in other systems of
Vedic Numerology we find Rahu sharing some of the alphabets (Asta-Graha-Akshara) that are
ruled by the Moon while in others Ketu is also included (Nava-graha-akshara). Thus, in the first basis, the alphabets are
divided into seven groups ruled by the seven planets of the weekday
from Sun to Saturn.
Sun (Soul) Akshara
The alphabets of the Sun are the sixteen vowels from 'a' to 'ah'. If
the Sun is the strongest planet in a chart then one of these should
be chosen as the starting syllable for the name. The vowels form an
independent group from the consonants. There are sixteen vowels of
which one LRi is a technical addition leaving fifteen vowels for
use. Of these fifteen, five are short vowels, eight long ones and
two supportive vowels. Further, regular Sanskrit uses only thirteen
vowels. These are symbolized by the 13 petals of the lotus at the entrance of the Jagannath temple inner shrine.
Vowels are also called 'svara' in Sanskrit and can be broken
into 'sva' meaning self and 'ra' meaning agni or fire.
Short Vowels
Long Vowels
Supportive vowels
Vowels in use
Consonants
Consonants in Sanskrit are called "vyanjanani" and total thirty-four
in number including the semi-vowels. The total number of alphabets
being 50 (16 vowels + 34 vyayanjani = 16 vowels + 25 consonants + 9
semi-vowels). Two additions have been made to this list as La and
jna expanding the number of semi-vowels group to eleven. Excluding
this group of semi-vowels, the remaining 25 consonants are grouped
into five groups (panca tatva) of five consonants each.
Just as in all other languages, the alphabets of the sanskrit are
also referred to or named with the phoneme produced by them. The
vowels arethe only phonemes that can stand on their own or produce a
pure sound. The consonants need the support of a vowel to come to
life and hence the vowels are known as life giving sounds and
represent the soul of the Sanskrit alphabet. As an illustration,
consider the gutteral क (ka) which is phonetically composed of two
sounds क् (k which is an abrupt gutteral base sound symbolised by
the nether stroke called 'halanta') + अ (a, the first vowel). In
this manner, all the consonants and semi-vowels are composed of a
'base sound' and अ (a).
Moon (Mind) Akshara
The akshara of the Moon are the nine (+2 La and j~na forming 11)
semi-vowels that are the controlling planets of the mana (mind).
These form the seed syllables for controlling the chakras of the
body as well as the navagraha and lagna. If the Moon is the
strongest planet in a chart then one of these should be chosen as
the starting syllable for the name.
Semi-vowels
Sibilants (Rahu)
Aspirate (Ketu)
Semi-Vowels in use
Mars
Guttural consonants
Mars is the ruler of the five Guttural consonants. If Mars is the
strongest planet in the chart then the name should be chosen from
one of these akshara.
From Wikipedia
In articulatory phonetics, the term guttural consonant is sometimes
used to describe any of several consonantal speech sounds whose
primary place of articulation is near the back of the oral cavity,
and include some velar consonants, uvular consonants, pharyngeal
consonants, and epiglottal consonants.
The word guttural is derived from the French and Latin denoting a
sound coming from the throat. Thus, it refers to a pronounced or
heavy sound that emanates from the pharynx and up from the back of
the throat and has a certain kind of very heavy and pronounced
"throaty" quality.
The concept of gutturality is not entirely objective, but a guttural
sound is generally believed to be one which is pronounced with the
dorsum of the tongue and/or at any point behind the hard palate,
including the soft palate, the uvula or the pharynx. In scientific
discourse, the more precise terms indicating place of articulation,
such as uvular consonant, are generally preferred.
Venus Palatal consonants
Venus is the ruler of the five palatal consonants. If Venus is the
strongest planet in the chart then the name should be chosen from
one of these akshara.
From
Wikipedia
Palatal consonants are consonants articulated with the body of the
tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof
of the mouth). Consonants with the tip of the tongue curled back
against the palate are called retroflex.
Consonants with other primary articulations may be palatalised, that
is, accompanied by the raising of the tongue surface towards the
hard palate. For example, English [ʃ] (spelled sh) has such a
palatal component, although its primary articulation involves the
tip of the tongue and the upper gum (this type of articulation is
called palatoalveolar).
Mercury Cerebral consonants
Mercury is the ruler of the five cerebral consonants. If Mercury is
the strongest planet in the chart then the name should be chosen
from one of these akshara.
From
Wikipedia
In phonetics, retroflex consonants are consonant sounds used in some
languages. (They are sometimes referred to as cerebral consonants,
especially in indology.) The tongue is placed behind the alveolar
ridge, and may even be curled back to touch the palate: that is,
they are articulated in the postalveolar to palatal region of the
mouth.
The consonants commonly called "postalveolar", or more precisely "palato-alveolar",
as well as the "alveolo-palatals", are also pronounced in the
postalveolar region. However, they have an additional secondary
articulation of palatalization. The consonants commonly called
"palatal" are also pronounced in the palatal region, but are more
precisely "dorso-palatal", meaning that they are dorsal (articulated
with the dorsum or back of the tongue), rather than coronal like
retroflex consonants.
In other words, retroflex consonants are coronal consonants
articulated behind the alveolar ridge, which do not have the
secondary articulation of palatalization.
Jupiter Dental consonants
Jupiter is the ruler of the five dental consonants. If Jupiter is
the strongest planet in the chart then the name should be chosen
from one of these akshara.
From
Wikipedia
Dentals are consonants such as t, d, n, and l articulated with
either the lower or the upper teeth, or both, rather than with the
gum ridge as in English. (The latter articulation is called
alveolar.)
Sanskrit, Hindi and all other Indic languages have an entire set of
true dental plosives—the unaspirated and the aspirated voiceless
dental plosive, and the unaspirated and the aspirated voiced dental
plosive. The nasal plosive /n/ also exists, but is quite alveolar in
articulation. The type of tongue contact is apical. However, in
these langauges, the /t/ and /d/ resemble more like those in
Spanish, than like in French, and even lesser than in English. To
the Indian speaker, the alveolar /t/ and /d/ of English sound more
like the corresponding retroflex consonants of his own language than
the dentals.
Saturn Labial consonants
Saturn is the ruler of the five labial consonants. If Saturn is the
strongest planet in the chart then the name should be chosen from
one of these akshara.
From
Wikipedia
Labials are consonants articulated either with both lips (bilabial
articulation) or with the lower lip and the upper teeth (labiodental
articulation). English [m] is a bilabial nasal sonorant, [b] and [p]
are bilabial stops (plosives), [v] and [f] are labiodental
fricatives.
Bilabial fricatives and the bilabial approximant do not exist in
standard English, but do occur in many languages. For example, the
Spanish consonant spelt b or v is pronounced as a voiced bilabial
approximant between vowels.
Lip rounding, or labialisation can also accompany other
articulations. English [w] is a labialised velar approximant.
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