Thank you Madhav. It is the Maharashtran pronounciation I'm interested in. Harry Spier
Sent from mobile phone. On Thu, Mar 30, 2023, 09:18 Madhav Deshpande, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Harry, > > Theoretically, every Svarita is a combination of udātta+anudātta [or > udāttatara+anudātta in some schools]. This transition from udātta to > anudātta becomes much more noticeable in the case of long vowels, and this > is what gets designated as a long Svarita. In the case of the Gāyatrī > verse, vowels in the syllables रे, गो and या would qualify to be pronounced > as long Svaritas. The long Svaritas are not as prominent in Maharashtrian > Vedic recitation as they are in South India. This is my observation. > > Madhav > > Madhav M. Deshpande > Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics > University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA > Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies > Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India > > [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] > > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 5:50 AM Harry Spier via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear list members, >> I've been asked to find out how vedic priests pronounce the AdigAyatrI >> mantra (Rg-veda 3.62.10). I've found it on a website online with accent >> marks and compared it to the Rg-veda (see attachment). But I've been told >> that some of the svarita accents are dIrgha-svarita (i.e. a two note >> pronounciation medium followed by high). >> >> Can someone tell me which svarita accents in the mantra are >> dIrgha-svarita. >> >> Thanks, >> Harry Spier >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >
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