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[Y-Indology] What is the technical meaning of sAma ?

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It's often defined as 'song' or 'intonation'. Perhaps 'musicality'?

 

Valerie J Roebuck

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At 10:53 pm +0000 9/3/04, Dmitri wrote:

>Dear list members,

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>What is the technical meaning of sAma from the second

>paragraph of TaittirIya-UpaniSad about pronunciation:

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>varNaH phoneme

>svaraH accent

>mAtrA duration

>balam emphasis

>sAma ???

>saMtAnaH transition

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>Translations I've read have it as

>modulation, articulation or uniformity.

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>But these are not as specific as the other five terms.

>What is specific to sAma that is not contained in other five?

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>Regards, Dmitri.

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