A (Tibetan letter)

handwritten ume

Ali Kali A (long)

Tibetan alphabet

A (large a) - the last letter of the Tibetan alphabet , refers to male letters. Used to indicate vowels at the beginning of a syllable. Unlike small a large A in a syllable can only be a syllabic letter, it can be combined with all Tibetan vowels and can be combined with finals ( jejug ), it is not used with signed, attributed and inscribed letters.

In the text it is used to indicate the number “ 30 ”, with the vowels “Akikui” - 60 , “Ajabkyuu” - 90 , “Adrenbu” - 120 and “Anaroo” - 150 ( Alphabetical record of numbers ).

In Tibetan dictionaries, the section of the letter A occupies less than one percent of the volume, but the letter A itself is considered the shortest version of the pronunciation of the Prajnaparamita Sutra and is often found at the beginning of mantras, such as in the mantra Om mani padme hum -