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/jihvAmUlIya / जिह्वामूलीय

The sound called jihvAmUlIyaH जिह्वामूलीयः is a variant of H used optionally before k kh क्ख्.

It is a fricative sound made with the back of the tongue very near k क् position.

Listen to the audio of kupvoKkaFpauca for an example. (Actually most of these audios have Kk ⩆क् instead of Hk ःक्, listen to the aKkvipu अ⩆क्विपु at the end of bhrAjabhAsadh....)

I write this sound as Kk Kkh ⩆क्⩆ख् in this website, but only I write it as K. It is usually written as X or as H.

guruK kramati गुरु⩆ क्रमति

guruH kramati गुरुः क्रमति

guruX kramati

You should write it always as H . But yu should get into the habit of pronouncing everything that is written with Hk ःक् Hkh ःख् as Kk ⩆क् Kkh ⩆ख्, because that is easier than using a pure hiss.

Excepting, however, HkS ःक्ष्, where you MUST say a hiss

pazyataH kSetram पश्यतः क्षेत्रम् "both see the field"

In this case saying the hiss is easier because your tongue is already somewhat curled up in anticipation for the S ष्.