A Pronunciation of ksa
The idea may be novel, but it is quite straightforward to pronounce halanta sa prolonged: try it. Now, sound halanta ka through the sound of halanta sa — i.e. the prolonged halanta sa begins with halanta ka; the important point is that the tip of the tongue is in the murdhanya position throughout. Before sounding the halanta ka the breath is fully cut off by the back of the tongue in the kanthya position as for the normal pronunciation of ka; the difference for ksa is that the tip of the tongue is raised to the murdhanya position before sounding the halanta
ka. This means that halanta ksa may by sounded repeatedly without moving the tip of the tongue from the murdhanya position. (This sound is reminiscent of ten-year-olds playing cops and robbers!)
Although the ksa is originally formed by halanta ka joining with a following sa (i.e. k + sa >- ksa), and may be thus separated when, for example, the alphabetical order is required in looking up a word in the dictionary, the pronunciation, as reflected in the changed symbol, is in practice ( ^ ) + s + a.
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