[FairfieldLife] Re: OM: om in Rgveda!

[cardemaister]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> 
> From Rgveda pada-paaTha (Gretil):
> 
> http://fiindolo.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil.htm
> 
> (RV_7,76)
> 
> ut | o&#7747; iti | jyoti&#7717; | am&#7771;tam | vi&#347;va-janyam | 
> vi&#347;v&#257;nara&#7717; | savit&#257; | deva&#7717; | a&#347;ret | 
> kratv&#257; | dev&#257;n&#257;m | ajani&#7779;&#7789;a | cak&#7779;u&#7717; | 
> &#257;vi&#7717; | aka&#7717; | bhuvanam | vi&#347;vam | u&#7779;&#257;&#7717; 
> // RV_7,76.1 //

Fvck! Perhaps for most of us the above shows the UTF-coding 
or whatever. Rewriting the first words in ITRANS:

ut | oM iti | jyotiH |....


> 
> Well, saMhitaa-paaTha of the above goes like this:
> 
> udu\` jyoti\'ra\`mR^ita\'M vi\`shvaja\'nyaM vi\`shvAna\'raH savi\`tA de\`vo 
> a\'shret |
> kratvA\' de\`vAnA\'majaniShTa\` chakShu\'rA\`vira\'ka\`rbhuva\'na\`M 
> vishva\'mu\`ShAH || 7\.076\.01
> 
> Same without accents:
> 
> udu jyotiramR^itaM vishvajanyaM vishvAnaraH savitA devo ashret |
> kratvA devAnAmajaniShTa chakShurAvirakarbhuvanaM vishvamuShAH || 7.076.01
> 
> Without the "iti-stuff" the pada-paaTha for 'udu...' would prolly be 
> 'ut | u | jyotiH |....
> 
> The 'u' is enclitic particle, meaning according to Macdonell,
> 'and, also; but' and stuff
> 
> We seem to recall for instance Macdonnel's pada-paaTha_s
> have 'um iti' instead of 'om iti'!
> 
> We have no idea why the "Goettingen people" want to write
> 'om iti' instead of 'um iti'. :o
>