In geminates like क्क, according to the Pratishakhyas, the contact in the
first consonant is not released, and the same contact as the first
consonant continues to be held longer till it is released slightly later.
In such cases, the first consonant is called अभिनिधान. [स्पर्शस्य
स्पर्शेऽभिनिधान:]

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]


On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 9:49 AM Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Very clear. Thanks.
>
> On Sat, 21 Oct 2023, 12:36 Hock, Hans Henrich via INDOLOGY, <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Somewhere along the line something seems to have gone wrong with the
>> email address for the Indology List. This is an attempt to get the correct
>> info back into the conversation thread.
>>
>> HHH
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *"Hock, Hans Henrich via INDOLOGY" <[email protected]>
>> *Subject: **Re: [INDOLOGY] Whitney and doubling of "ch"*
>> *Date: *October 21, 2023 at 11:28:56 CDT
>> *To: *Harry Spier <[email protected]>
>> *Cc: *McComas Taylor via INDOLOGY <[email protected]>, "
>> [email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> *Reply-To: *"Hock, Hans Henrich" <[email protected]>
>>
>> In a geminate, the consonant duration is longer and is distributed over
>> two syllables; the first part forms the coda of the preceding syllable
>> (and, if the vowel of that syllable is short, make the syllable heavy), the
>> second part is the onset of the following syllable. (A geminate, however,
>> is not a double consonant, in the sense that each part is released; rather
>> the articulatory gesture for the consonant is held constant during the
>> geminate.)
>>
>> I hope this helps; please excuse the somewhat technical language.
>>
>> HHH
>>
>> On Oct 21, 2023, at 03:44, Harry Spier <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I asked if in the Rg-veda as chanted today, it is gachati or gacchati
>> that is chanted and Madhav answered that in this youtube recording
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvk2JxmD7zI
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvk2JxmD7zI__;!!DZ3fjg!8FlAwo5r4YEjyYFgm1CcNqmAImPqcnnRcZhHLIdakLyfW9oZDgQ1ONi8tRyhN-hyXQKW8bWU61DBm4e9JEEPJOiAUT4$>
>>  he
>> heard gacchati.  But then I realized I'm not clear what the difference in
>> pronounciation between a geminate and a non-geminate is.  In other words is
>> the difference in pronounciation between gachati / gacchati ,  patra
>> / pattra ,  karma / karmma etc. just that the geminated syllable is held
>> longer than if it was non-geminated or is it more like gach-ati /
>> gach-chati , pa-tra /pat-tra , kar-ma /karm-ma
>> Thanks,
>> Harry Spier
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 6:16 PM Madhav Deshpande <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In this recitation, I hear गच्छति, rather than गछति.
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvk2JxmD7zI
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvk2JxmD7zI__;!!DZ3fjg!8FlAwo5r4YEjyYFgm1CcNqmAImPqcnnRcZhHLIdakLyfW9oZDgQ1ONi8tRyhN-hyXQKW8bWU61DBm4e9JEEPJOiAUT4$>
>>>
>>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>>> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
>>> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
>>> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
>>> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore,
>>> India
>>>
>>> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 1:57 PM Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> To clarify one point. In the Rg-veda  *as its chanted today*, is whats
>>>> chanted gacchati or gachati.
>>>> Harry Spier
>>>>
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