I asked if in the Rg-veda as chanted today, it is gachati or gacchati that is chanted and Madhav answered that in this youtube recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvk2JxmD7zI he heard gacchati. But then I realized I'm not clear what the difference in pronounciation between a geminate and a non-geminate is. In other words is the difference in pronounciation between gachati / gacchati , patra / pattra , karma / karmma etc. just that the geminated syllable is held longer than if it was non-geminated or is it more like gach-ati / gach-chati , pa-tra /pat-tra , kar-ma /karm-ma

Thanks,

Harry Spier

On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 6:16 PM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh@umich.edu> wrote:

In this recitation, I hear गच्छति, rather than गछति.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvk2JxmD7zI

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 Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 1:57 PM Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
To clarify one point. In the Rg-veda as its chanted today, is whats chanted gacchati or gachati.
Harry Spier

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