Guest guest Posted November 27, 2002 Report Share Posted November 27, 2002 Hi list: A friend of mine showed me the way to a site with recited and sung Sanskrit from the Gita, the Upanishads, the Vedas, and other classical texts. For some reason I can't make my computer play it; but from what I remember of what I heard on her computer, the Sanskrit was recited in such a way that it seemed that the classical metres were completely ignored and destroyed, even though this method (whatever it was) had its own beauties. I wish I could hear it again (I'll keep trying). It made me wonder how those modern pundits who pronounce Sanskrit more or less according to the way their mother languages are pronounced, relate to classical metres. It seems to me that the modern pronunciation of the visarga would be particularly damaging to the metre, since it introduces a whole new syllable that the kavi did not intend to be there. Phillip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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