[INDOLOGY] avagraha and sanskrit meter

[Madhav Deshpande]

One can hear the anagrams/pause in the recitations of the Padapatha even
today.

On Saturday, August 20, 2016, Marco Franceschini <
franceschini.marco at fastwebnet.it> wrote:

> The *Vājasaneyi Prātiśākhya* mentions that:
>
> *samāse’vagraho hrasvasamakālaḥ* (5.1)
>
> “In [the padapāṭha of] a compound, the avagraha has the same time has a
> hrasva vowel.”
>
>
> The same is stated in the *Ṛgvedaprātiśākhya*:
>
> *mātrā hrasvaḥ* (1.27) *tāvad avagrahāntaram* (1.28): “A short vowel has
> one mora. That much is the interval of an *avagraha.*”
>
> In his commentary Uvaṭa says: *hrasvasvaro mātrākālo devitavyaḥ | yathā a
> ṛ i u ḷ iti |*
>
> Best,
>
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> Il giorno 17/ago/2016, alle ore 03:34, Nityanand Misra <nmisra at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nmisra at gmail.com');>> ha scritto:
>
> The *Vājasaneyi Prātiśākhya* mentions that:
>
> *samāse’vagraho hrasvasamakālaḥ* (5.1)
>
> “In [the padapāṭha of] a compound, the avagraha has the same time has a
> hrasva vowel.”
>
> The commentaries of Uvaṭa and Anantabhaṭṭa explain that the ‘avagraha’ is
> separation of a compound into its constituent elements:
>
> Uvaṭa: *dvayoḥ padayoḥ pṛthaggrahaṇo'vagrahaḥ। nānāgraha ityarthaḥ।
> hrasvasamakālo hrasvākṣaratulyakālo bhavati।*
> Anantabhaṭṭa: *avagraho nāma dvayoḥ padayoḥ pṛthakkaraṇam। sa ca
> hrasvākṣarasamakālo bhavati।*
>
> However, this applies to the *padapāṭha* and not to the *saṃhitāpāṭha*.
>
> Nowadays, the *avagraha* sign is used to show what is called
> *akārapraśleṣa*.
>
> In Vedic *saṃhitāpāṭha* or in laukika poetry, the *avagraha* is not
> considered a syllable for prosodic purposes.
>
> For more on this, please refer the entry on अवग्रह (*avagraha*) in *A
> Dictionary of Sanskrit Grammar* by K.V. Abhyankar
>
> On 17 August 2016 at 05:14, Harry Spier <hspier.muktabodha at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','hspier.muktabodha at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Clarification about my question.  What I meant to ask was  avagraha ever
>> pronounced as a pause and if so was it considered a syllable in Sanskrit
>> metrics.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Harry
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 6:12 PM, Harry Spier <hspier.muktabodha at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','hspier.muktabodha at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> In Sanskrit meter is avagraha ignored or is it considered as a short
>>> syllable?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Harry Spier
>>>
>>
>>
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