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/upadhmAnIya / उपध्मानीय

The sound called /upadhmAnIya is a variant of H used optionally before p ph प्फ्. I write it as Fp Fph ⩆प्⩆फ्.

It is created by rule kupvoKkaFpauca.

It is a fricative sound made by hissing air between the lips placed very near p प् position. If you say dreFp द्रे⩆प् backwards, you get German for "horse". Sort of.

It sounds like the "f" in German "Pferd", or like the "f" in Japanese "fujisan".

You can hear atha caturthaF pAdaH अथ चतुर्थ⩆ पादः said with an /upadhmAnIya sound at the very start of this mp3.