[INDOLOGY] [RISA-L LIST] Report: 6th Intl. Vedic Workshop

[Suresh Kolichala]

Palaniappan:

*vāram *recitation refers to the recitation of mantras by multiple people
in turns. *vāra-, *perhaps derived from √vr̥- also has the meanings of 'day
of the week' (turn of the day?), again and again (*vāraṁ-vāraṁ,
vāra**ṁ** vāreṇa)
and occasion *(related to Hindi* bār-, bāri* 'turn' [CDIAL
11547<http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.3:1:1712.soas>])
etc.

Interestingly, Dravidian *cāri/s**āri *[DEDR
2464<http://kolichala.com/DEDR/search.php?q=2464&esb=1>]
shows similar semantics of turn, time, occasion etc., although, I don't
believe these two words are related.

Suresh.
Atlanta, GA.



On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 11:22 AM, <palaniappa at aol.com> wrote:

> Michael,
>
>  I am intrigued by the term '*vāram* recitation'. Can you describe this
> mode of recitation? In the Cilappatikāram, the term '*vāram pāṭal*',
> i.e., singing *vāram *is used. It is also mentioned in Tolkāppiyam
> Poruḷatikāram 653. V. P. K. Sundaram, the late musicologist, explains
> *vāram* as two *akṣara*s per unit time. I am curious how the term is used
> in the context of Vedic recitation.
>
>  Thanks
>
>  Regards,
> Palaniappan
>
>
>
>


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