For English speakers an example (made up) could be how we would pronounce these

heatable (i.e., able to be heated)
heat+table

> On 22 Oct 2023, at 05:54, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Very clear. Thanks.
>> 
>> On Sat, 21 Oct 2023, 12:36 Hock, Hans Henrich via INDOLOGY, 
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[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] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Whitney and doubling of "ch"
>>>> Date: October 21, 2023 at 11:28:56 CDT
>>>> To: Harry Spier <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>> Cc: McComas Taylor via INDOLOGY <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>, "[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>> Reply-To: "Hock, Hans Henrich" <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[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] 
>>>>> <mailto:[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$>
>>>>>  he  heard gacchati.  But then I realized I'm not clear what the 
>>>>> difference in pronounciation between a geminate and a non-geminate is.  
>>>>> In other words is the difference in pronounciation between gachati / 
>>>>> gacchati ,  patra / pattra ,  karma / karmma etc. just that the geminated 
>>>>> syllable is held longer than if it was non-geminated or is it more like 
>>>>> gach-ati / gach-chati , pa-tra /pat-tra , kar-ma /karm-ma
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Harry Spier
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 6:16 PM Madhav Deshpande <[email protected] 
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>> In this recitation, I hear गच्छति, rather than गछति.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvk2JxmD7zI 
>>>>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvk2JxmD7zI__;!!DZ3fjg!8FlAwo5r4YEjyYFgm1CcNqmAImPqcnnRcZhHLIdakLyfW9oZDgQ1ONi8tRyhN-hyXQKW8bWU61DBm4e9JEEPJOiAUT4$>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 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] <mailto:[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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