Pronunciation (Surya-Aditya Mantra)

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Namaste Frank,

 

In " Ghrinih " , the sound G is the regular g. Because of h after

it, make it aspirated. So you should have no problem with " Gh " .

The fun starts now.

 

The next sound is an vowel typically written as " ri " (as in

rishi, pitri, krishna etc). North Indians pronounce it as " ri "

(rishi, pitri etc) and south Indians pronounce it as " ru " (rushi,

pitru etc). Both pronounce what it supposed to be an vowel as a

combination of a consonant ® and a vowel (i or u). Neither is

the correct pronunciation.

 

The correct pronunciation of the vowel " ri " is to try to pronounce

the consonant (or semi-vowel) " r " (as in " war " ) and stop half the

way!! You should pronounce it in such a way that saying it and

saying " a " immediately after it results in the sound " ra " . (In

Sanskrit, the consonants/semi-vowels ya, ra, la and va are obtained

by saying " a " immediately after the vowels i, ri, lu and u.)

 

So the correct pronunciation of " Ghri " is " gh® " , where ® means

r pronounced half the way.

 

The sound " n " is the alveolar nasal. When you normally pronounce

the default " n " of English, the tip of your tongue touches the

teeth or the gums. Pronounce n with the tip of the tongue touching

the inside of mouth a little away from the gums (move the tongue

into the mouth - away from gums - a little). You get alveolar n.

 

After that, we have the vowel " i " , which is long. It is like " ee "

in " feet " .

 

After all this trouble, if you take a deep breath and let the air

go, it will be " h " (visarga).

 

Good luck!

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha

 

> Hare Rama Krishna

>

> Looking for assistance... I am looking at the following Mantra (

from Vedic

> Remedies pg. 151 )

>

> Om Hrim Ghrinih Surya Aaditya Shrim

> ... and am not certain on the Ghrinih pronunciation.... can

anyone assist?

> is it:

> a. GAh-inn-h

> b. GUR-ini

> c. GHAAh - nin-he

> d. GRINi-h

> e. none of the above it's _________________

>

> Phonetically , can anyone assist.

>

> pranam,

>

> Frank In Austin