It is just Hindi speakers pronouncing as in Hindi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My understanding of why Maharishi > did that was to underscore that > Sanskrit formalizes the general > linguistic principle that consonants > must be "voiced," with a following > vowel. By default, the vowel is "a," > though the other vowels can be used > if specified. In this "northern thing," > the consonants voiced with "a" are > left without the written "a" just because > it's already there by default in the > pronunciation. > > For instance, in order to pronounce > "yog," you have to voice "a" very quickly > to get out the final consonant. Pronouncing > yog-a, makes the "a" much more emphasized > than it needs to be. > > Cardemeister, who apparently has expert > credentials in Sanskrt, can probably add > clarity here. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "benjaminccollins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > In the south of India (Tamil Nadu for example) they laugh about all > > those dropped letters as a "northern thing"...which by the way, is an > > insult. > > > > > > > > > > > POWER of YOG > > > > > > > > So, in addition to "jogging" it would be good > > > > to do some "yogging"? (Those Hindi "truncated" > > > > forms of Sanskrit words make me furious! &%#!&?...) > > > > > > I thought that drop the final 'a' stuff was MMY bringing the language > > > back in tune with Natural Law or somesuch. Your furiousness with it > > > must be unstressing from the intense purity. > > > > > > Aleksanteri To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
