Sanskrit pronunciation

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

I was hoping that one of you Sanskrit scholars could help me figure out the

proper pronunciation of these two words:

 

GHRINI and ADITYA

 

Thanks!

 

Ken Shaw

[Guest guest]

advaitin, Kenneth Shaw <kshaw@v...> wrote:

> figure out the

> proper pronunciation of these two words:

>

> GHRINI and ADITYA

 

Namaste,

 

This may be one of the most sticky problems, trying to 'spell'

in English/Roman alphabet what is pronounced in another language!

(English word spellings themselves being so irregular!)

 

Here is an attempt to try the feat:

 

GH as in (gh)ost

RI " t(rue)

N " a(n)d

I " (i)nk

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A as in f(a)ther

D " (th)e

I " (i)nk

T " pi(t)h

YA " (yea)rn

 

For a survey of other attempts, including sound files, pl. visit:

 

http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipachart.html

 

http://www.sanskrit-sanscrito.com.ar/english/rest/quick.html

 

http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/sanskrit/lessons/lessons.html

 

http://asignoret.free.fr/index_ang.html

 

http://www.msc.uky.edu/sohum/sansk.html

 

 

Regards,

 

Sunder