[Y-Indology] varibility of pronounciation in Vedic chanting?

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Greetings-

 

This conversation has quickly gone out of my depth, but what I am

wondering about it the importance of particular sounds in the theory

of mantra recitation. How much importance is actually given to the

sounds being "correct" as opposed to the intent of the reciter? If the

sounds themselves are important, it has always seemed to me an all or

nothing proposition: either the sounds must be a certain way for the

mantra to "work", or the sounds are secondary to the intent of the

reciter, in which case any mantra, or none at all, could be used just

as well. If there is regional variation in pronounciation, then how

could there be a "science" of mantra which requires precision?

 

Looking forward to elucidation of this point.

 

thanks

 

Dante