--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Tom Pall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Are you familiar with Prayer? Do you send God a MapQuest URL > > > when you say a prayer for yourself or someone else? > > > > Cute. But I'm with Jeff here. I bailed from the TMO > > long before all this stuff came up, so like him (if I'm > > not mistaken about what he was asking), I'm officially > > without a clue as to why some people consider yagyas > > worth paying money for. Could someone fill me in with > > answers to the following questions? > > > > > > Hey, I'm still stuck on the spelling and pronunciation. > > Why "yagna" and not "yagya" when that's how it's pronounced...
That's one of the most confusing things in Sanskrit pronunciation, IMO. >From Giitaa IV 33 shreyaan dravyamayaad *yajñaaj jñaana-yajñaH*... 'yajñaaj jñaana...' is sandhi for 'yajñaat' + 'jñaana...' In Sanskrit transliteration 'j' represents the same sound as the same letter in English 'jam' [dzam]. Thus one would expect that 'yajñaaj jñaana... ' would be pronounced somewhat like 'yadznyaadz dznyaana...' But on the movement Giita tapes at least, in my ears, they pronounce that sequence appoximately like 'yadnyaad dnyaana...' or ' yagnyaag gnyaana...' Sez Michael Coulson about 'jñ': jña: the pronunciation of this varies widely. In some places, for instance, it is like *gya*, in others *dnya*. [...] The point about *jñ* is that it is a palatalisation so to speak /en bloc/ of an original /gn/. Thus *jña* 'to know' is connected with Latin /co-gno-scere/ and English 'know'. [remember that 'g' as in 'get' is actually the voiced counterpart of 'k' as in 'kit' -- card] Perhaps the most appropriate of the modern pronunciations to adopt is therefore *gnya*, which (by adding y to gn) does crudely represent a palatalisation. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
