Notes on Pronunciation

The vowel pronunciation in the transliteration used in this text follow the Continental rather than the English values. They are approximately as follows:

a	as in father
e	between e in ten and ai in wait
i	between i in bid and ee in meet
o	between o in hot and or in short
u	between u in put and oo in shoot
ai	as igh in night
ou	as in pound

The consonants are pronounced as in English, with the following exceptions:



1. A consonant between v and w but approximating more to v is transliterated by some writers as v and by others as w, as for instance in the two forms Ishvara ^[?]and Ishwara.



2. A consonant between s and sh but approximating more to sh is transliterated by some writers as s and by others as sh, as for instance in the two forms Isvara and Ishvara.



This consonant is used in both Siva ^[?] and Vishnu, but it has become usual to transliterate it as s in the former case and sh in the latter, and therefore that usage is followed here.



3. The words jnani ^[?]and jnana ^[?]are pronounced approximately as nyani and nyana.



4. H after a letter other than s or c does not change the letter but is slightly aspirated.