Some Important Shiksha Vedangas (study)
by Mala Laha | 2021 | 31,647 words
This page relates 鈥榗oncept of Matra (Quantity of sound)鈥� of the study dealing with Shiksha Vedangas鈥攁 crucial component of Vedic literature focusing on phonetics and pronunciation in ancient texts. The researched texts include the Paniniya, Yajnavalkya and Naradi Shiksas, among others. The study also investigates historical phonological transformations between Sanskrit and Pali, exploring the evolution of sounds and pronunciation.
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Part 5 - The concept of M膩tr膩 (Quantity of sound)
According to the Var峁嘺ratnaprad墨pik膩 艢颈办峁Ｄ� there are four types of Quantity of Sound. The Quantity of Sound is measured by mora.
For example Quantity of an consonant is half a mora, short vowel is one mora, long vowel is two moras and ultra long vowel is three moras鈥�
啶忇啶ぞ啶む啶班 啶さ啷囙う啷� 啶灌啶班じ啷嵿さ啷� 啶︵啶掂た啶ぞ啶む啶班 啶︵啶班啶� 啶夃啷嵿く啶む啷�
啶む啶班た啶ぞ啶む啶班じ啷嵿い啷� 啶啶侧啶む 啶溹啶炧啶 啶掂啶啷嵿啶ㄠ 啶氞ぞ啶班啶оぎ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶苦啶啷�ekam膩tro bhaved hrasvo dvim膩tro d墨rgha ucyate|
trim膩trastu pluto j帽eyo vya帽jana峁� c膩rdham膩trikam||(痴补谤峁嘺谤补迟苍补辫谤补诲墨辫颈办腻 艢颈办峁Ｄ�,22)
According to the Var峁嘺ratnaprad墨pik膩 艢颈办峁Ｄ� one 尘腻迟谤腻 is subdivided into four parts, called the four 补峁嘘蝉[1]. On the other hand one 鈥�补峁嘘鈥� is subdivided by 鈥�辫补谤补尘腻峁嘘鈥�.&苍产蝉辫;
According to this 艢颈办峁Ｄ�, 鈥�辫补谤补尘腻峁嘘鈥� means a time-unit, equal to one-half of the unit called 鈥�补峁嘘鈥浓赌�
啶呧ぃ啷� 啶むう啶班啶︵啶оぎ啶｀ 啶むじ啷嵿く啶距ぐ啷嵿う啷嵿ぇ啶� 啶ぐ啶ぞ啶｀さ啶た啶о啶い啷囙イ
补峁嘘 tadarddham补峁嘘 tasy膩rddha峁� param膩峁嘺vamidh墨yate|
(Var峁嘺ratnaprad墨pik膩 艢颈办峁Ｄ�, 23)
鈥淧aram膩峁噓鈥� in short is the duration of very infinitesimal time equal to the pause between two individual consecutive consonants. It is given to the equivalent to one 鈥�辫补谤补尘腻峁嘘鈥�[2].
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Var峁嘺ratnaprad墨pik膩 艢颈办峁Ｄ�, 23