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 "(ऐ)-a prolongation owing greater (vocalic?) sound as a result of the extreme extension of the same two (scil, the Uppermost, represented by अ and Joy, represented by आ) in Will (the letter इ ) and the Mistress (the ई ).

 "(ओ)-having the form of an extension of the Uppermost and Joy, due to the desire for manifestation outwards, in the Power or Thought (when the latter is) in the condition in which the universe opens out into manifestation.

 "(औ)-as this is an extreme prolongation of the same ( vowel ओ) it is a trident-radical letter (tris'üla-bija) because Will, Thought and Action are distinct in it.

 "(अं)-a power-inspired intuition for the first time of the universe, so far (as it yet exists), as being the Bindu, because it consists of sensation.

 "(अः)-an intuition of the predominance of Power in the above-mentioned Uppermost (when the latter is) in unbroken union with the Power of Joy, (so that the Uppermost and the Power of joy are intuited) as being in the form of Visarga."

 Likewise on the bases of the vowels the creation of the consonants from क to ह is effected. The consonants of the क,च, प, ट, and त Series, being serially the developed forms of अ, इ, ओ, ऋ and