Hi Nina,

>
>What about the other dotted byañjana, like .l,.d, I cannot place them, and I
>cannot pronounce them.

These are retroflex consonants, so just curl the
tip of your tongue backwards and touch the roof
of your mouth when saying those letters. It
should sound like Apu in the Simpsons (typical
feature of Indian accent).

>I am not sure about the voiced ones you mentioned to me before. What is
>voiced?

ghosa / aghosa = voiced / unvoiced. This is the
difference between pairs like b/p, d/t, g/k,
j/c, .d/.t ,all of which share the same point of
articulation. In the unvoiced consonants, the
vocal cords aren't engaged until the following
vowel sound begins. In the voiced members of the
pair, the vocal cords are already involved in the
initial sound of the stop. If you alternate
saying ka/ga/ka/ga (and the other pairs) while
putting your attention on what your tongue and
vocal cords are doing, the difference should be
perceptible. This topic is coming up in Kc 9.

>Warder is very short in Ch 1. Or am I deviating too much from our subject?

Not deviating at all. It's definitely worth
learning this system of basic articulatory
phonetics, and since we're studying the part of
Kc dealing with the sounds, your questions are
very on-topic.

>
>
>I had some trouble with anena, but in PED under aya.m: <The instr. anena is
>not proved in Pali.> This is not clear. But, it is from aya.m.

anena is the normal Sanskrit form. I guess
iminaa is the normal Pali form there, but anena
is certainly viable. Geiger cites the following
example of anena:

Jambudiipe ekarajjam daanenaanena hotu me / Mhv 5,55

May the sole sovereignity over India be mine through this gift.

daanenaanena < daanena + anena "by means of this gift"

best regards,

/Rett