INDOLOGY FAQ. Re. Varanasi

[Dominik Wujastyk]

On 17 February 2010 20:03, Herman Tull <hwtull at msn.com> wrote:

> When we discussed this, he cheerfully informed me that we really never can
> be sure exactly how native Sanskrit speakers pronounced their words.
>

You can cheerfully inform him back that we have a pretty good idea, since
phonetics was invented in India, two millennia ago.  He might like W. S.
Allen's classic Phonetics in ancient
India<http://openlibrary.org/b/OL645602M/Phonetics_in_ancient_India>
.

It's great that this all gave your class an enjoyable discussion!

Dominik