Isolated consonants, such as "g", need a vowel in order to be pronounced. You have to say ga, ge, gi, go, or gu in order for the consonant to be heard. Otherwise, there if no flow of air that can be curtailed by the consonant sound.
When a consonant falls at the end of a word, a vowel needs to be there, even if it is very quickly and softly pronounced. You can't say yog without some flow of air following the final g, though that sound can be shaped by the mouth into an a, e, i, o, u, or a diphthong. Sanskrt prescribes that a is the least modulated of these voicings, the one that is used unless one of the others is specified. Because it is the default, it doesn't need to be written. In reduntantly writing it, the extra emphasis crops up that gives rise to the pronunciation yog-a. --- In [email protected], "shukra69" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is just Hindi speakers pronouncing as in Hindi > > > --- In [email protected], "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 [email protected], "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/
