Guest guest Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 <<<6. This one is rather theoretical. I had once glimpsed into Sri Jiva Goswami's Samksepa (shortened) Hari-namamrta-vyakarana. There in the Chapter 1, in the section classifying the vowels, I have found the following: (6) pUrvo vAmanaH - the short ones are called 'Vamana' (7) parastrivikramaH - others are called 'Trivikrama' (8) trimAtro mahApuruSaH - those sounding for 3 matras (1.5 longer than the long ones, as far as I inderstand) are called 'Mahapurusha'. So the question is what kind of vowels are these Mahapurushas? I suspect they may be 'ai, au' and/or vowel+anusvara clusters.>>> Mahapurusha is, plain and simple, a vowel that sounds 3 matras, measures. Like in sambodhana (vocative). He Krsnaaa, He RAmaaa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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