[INDOLOGY] Pronounciation of Gayatri mantra in Rg-veda

[Harry Spier]

Dear Madhav and other members,
The only place I've ever seen long svarita marked is in some chanting books
(both devanagari and transliteration) for the Rudram. Has anyone seen the
long svarita (in devanagari and transliteration looks like double quotes
above ) marked in any other texts than the Rudram?
Thanks,
Harry Spier


On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 9:18 AM 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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