pandora Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 i need help which is correct mother PRAVATI, or is it mother PARVATI. my mom saud the correct way is PRAVATI, not PARVATI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonehearted Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Parvati is standard, according to my experience. However, there may be dialects in which the name is pronounced differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic Yogi Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 A Google search produces about 12,500 results for Pravati. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Pravati&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq= So, Parvati is pronounced as Pravati by many Hindus. Your Mom is just speaking how she was taught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandora Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 A Google search produces about 12,500 results for Pravati. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Pravati&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq= So, Parvati is pronounced as Pravati by many Hindus. Your Mom is just speaking how she was taught. yeah she said that pravati was the old fashion way and that parvati is how they english way of saying it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambya Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 its parvati , not pravati . although regional dialects varies.............. in the original sanskrit texts its always written parvati........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narasingh Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 In much the same way, local dialects around Vrndavana say, "Vrndravana". Bengalis say rakha instead of raksha for protection. Bengalis also tend to say Brindaban. So it definitely depends on the general region as well as the local placement. (<< this is all a general rule of thumb and not meant to state the exceptions) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kali_Upasaka Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Pravati seems to be a Bengali/Orissan variation of Parvati. Most of the google search results are personal names of Bengalis. There are no results from any Hindu web site. Bangla (Bengali) has got rules for pronunciation which may change the word from its Sanskrit equivalent. Though the written word may be the same as the Sanskrit equivalent, it is pronounced differently in colloquial Bangla. Other names which are pronounced differently are Lakshmi, Rukmani, Vishwanath. But normally the name does not change while writing. Pravati seems to be an exception. It could be a regional variation as I have not heard this so far. Paarvati is the correct name. The term comes from Parvat ( mountain). Parvati means daughter of the mountain. (mountain king). She is also called Himavati, daughter of Himavan. (Himalayas). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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