[INDOLOGY] Pronounciation of Gayatri mantra in Rg-veda

[Harry Spier]

Thank you Madhav.
It is the Maharashtran pronounciation I'm interested in.
Harry Spier

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On Thu, Mar 30, 2023, 09:18 Madhav Deshpande, <mmdesh at umich.edu> 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 <
> indology at list.indology.info> 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
>>
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