आकाशवाणी ākāśhvāṇī

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

An oracle.
A proper name given to All India Radio.
Heavenly voice, voice descending from the heavens.
(Bābā) 'Voice from space'. Voice of ŚivBābā coming from the space located in the mouth of Brahmā.

Usual translation

Akaashvani
sound from the ether
voice from the ether

Origin of the definition

आकाश ākāśh (sanskrit)

Space, vacuity.
Air, atmosphere.
Ether, the fifth element of the Hindūs (the subtle and ethereal fluid supposed to fill and pervade the universe, and to be the peculiar vehicle of life and of sound).
Sky, firmament, the heavens.

आकाशवाणी ākāśavāṇī a:ka:shvā:ṉī: (nf) an oracle; a proper name given to All India Radio.

वाणी vāṇī (sanskrit)

Speech, voice.
Saraswati : the goddess of speech.