How do you pronounce the Vedic anusvara?

[Guest guest]

Namaste all,

 

What is the correct pronunciation of the Vedic anusvara ({\m+} in

itrans), for example in " aum gaNaanaaM tvaa gaNapati{\m+} " ?

 

I have heard some audio recordings in which it is pronounced " gm "

(almost like a shortened version of " gam " ). But some text books say it

should be pronounced as a short " gna " , and others more improbably don't

seem to differentiate it from the normal anusvara.

 

Thanks,

 

Samir

[Guest guest]

Dear Samir,

 

Narasimhaji has responded to simmilar query in the past. please go through

following chain of messages.

 

/message/1081

/message/748

 

hope this helps.

 

Best Regards,

 

Utpal

 

 

, Samir Shah <solaris.smoke wrote:

>

> Namaste all,

>

> What is the correct pronunciation of the Vedic anusvara ({\m+} in

> itrans), for example in " aum gaNaanaaM tvaa gaNapati{\m+} " ?

>

> I have heard some audio recordings in which it is pronounced " gm "

> (almost like a shortened version of " gam " ). But some text books say it

> should be pronounced as a short " gna " , and others more improbably don't

> seem to differentiate it from the normal anusvara.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Samir

>

[Guest guest]

Namaste Utpal,

 

> Narasimhaji has responded to simmilar query in the past. please go

> through following chain of messages.

> /message/1081

> /message/748

 

Thanks. When I read those posts some time ago I had for some reason

assumed that the two options Narasimhaji was talking about were (in

Itrans) gaM and ga~N, as opposed to gaM and ga{\m+}.

 

On reflection however I think the latter pair makes more sense rather

than one of them being a half-akshara.

 

Thanks again,

 

Samir