कस्तूरी

kastoori ek sugandhit padarth hai, jo ek vishesh jati ke mrig ki nabhi se nikalata hai. kee hindoo riti-rivajoan mean isaka prayog kiya jata hai. is padarth ko prachin kal se hi itr ke lie ek lokapriy rasayanik padarth ke roop mean istemal kiya jata raha hai aur yah duniya bhar ke sabase mahange pashu utpadoan mean se ek hai.

bharat mean prachin kal se hi mastak par tilak lagane ki parampara hai. tilak chandan, 'kastoori', roli adi kee padarthoan se kiya jata hai.
bhagavan shrikrishn ki prashansa karate hue gopiyoan ne nimn shlok mean kastoori ka bhi nam liya hai-

kastoori tilakan lalat patale vaksh: sthale kaustubhan.
nasagre varamauktikan karatale venu: kare kankanan॥

arthat- "he shrikrishn! apake mastak par kastoori tilak sushobhit hai. apake vaksh par dedipyaman kaustubh mani virajit hai, apane nak mean suandar moti pahana hua hai, apake hath mean baansuri hai aur kalaee mean apane kangan dharan kiya hua hai."

tika tippani aur sandarbh

sanbandhit lekh

varnamala kramanusar lekh khoj

a a i ee u oo e ai o au aan k kh g gh n ch chh j jh n t th d dh n t th d dh n p ph b bh m y r l v sh sh s h ksh tr jn rri rri aau shr aah

**svar (Vowels)**
a	a	a	aa	i	i
ee	ee,ii,I	u	u	oo	oo, uu,U
e	e	ai	ai,ei	o	o
au	au,ou	aan	a^	aah	a:,aH
aॅ	A	aau	O	rri	Ria

**vyanjan (Consonants)**
k	ka,ca	kh	kha	g	ga
gh	gha	n	Nga	ch	cha
chh	chha	j	ja	jh	jha
n	Nja	t	Ta	th	Tha
d	Da	dh	Dha	n	Na
t	ta	th	tha	d	da
dh	dha	n	na	p	pa
ph	pha,fa	b	ba	bh	bha
m	ma	y	ya	r	ra
l	la	v	va,wa	sh	sha
sh	Sha	s	sa	h	ha
ksh	xa,kSha	tr	tra	jn	Gya, jNja
d	D_a	dh	Dh_a	jn	Gya, jNja

**nuqte**
q	qa	kh	Kha	g	Ga
	z	za	f	Fa

**matra (Matras)**
a	aa	i	i	i	ee,ii,I
u	u	oo	oo,uu	ri	R
e	e	ai	ai,ei	o	o
au	au,ou	ॅ	A	aau	O