Sanskrit : Long Vowels

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The eight long vowels are:

आ	ई	ऊ	ॠ	ए	ऐ	ओ	औ
a	i	u	r	e	ai	o	au

The first four are the long forms of the corresponding short vowels.

ए and ओ are long vowels which do not have short forms in Sanskrit.
ऐ and औ are often likened to dipthongs though they are not strictly combinations of two vowels.

आ	is pronounced as in far, bar, fall, etc.
ई	is pronounced as in easy, eagle, etc.
ऊ	is pronounced as in rooster, fool, etc.
ॠ	is the long form of ऋ
ए	is pronounced as in fable, gray, etc.
ऐ	is pronounced as in my, fly, etc.
ओ	is pronounced as in road, goat, etc.
औ	is pronounced as in down, noun, etc.

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