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1. Re: sanskrit Digest, Vol 5, Issue 14 (shashi)
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:45:32 -0400
From: shashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Re: sanskrit Digest, Vol 5, Issue 14
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> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:41:58 +0200
> From: Anand Buddhdev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Sanskrit] Hello, introduction and a question
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> Now, if I take my own name, Anand, written as "aananda" as it should
> be, then according to the rules, the accent should be on "na", since
> that is the penultimate syllable, and it is heavy, because it is
> followed by a doubled consonant (nda). However, in modern Indian
> languages, everyone pronounces my name as "aanand", dropping the final
> "a", and therefore, "aa" becomes the penultimate syllable and receives
> the stress when spoken. But am I right in concluding that the stress
> should really fall on "na" according to the rules?
>
the dropping of trailing 'a' in modern indian languages is akin to the
sounds of english as well. e.g. 'but' 'put' etc. all have no trailing
'a' and the trailing 't' is not 'halanta' but short, shorter than a
full 'a' only in speaking.
the southern indian pronounciations of trailing 'a' exaggerate it to
the other extreme and speak it like 'aa'. e.g. in 'gaNesha' the 'ga'
and 'sha' should be pronounced similarly, but it is pronounced as
'gaNeshaa' or shiva as shivaa, etc.
the reason for the stress being on the long vowel is that it helps
shorten the other following vowels.
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shashi joshi
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