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@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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