RE: Exception to gaNa vibhajana
Bachoti Rao (BRAO@atlas.niaid.nih.gov)
Tue, 25 Feb 1997 11:29:48 -0500
Sri Pillalamarri wrote:
>that the last syllabla in the second line (which is required to be a
>guruvu) is wrong, because "vi" in "vijRmbhincE" stays as a laghuvu,
>Even here, I am counting on "vi" in "vidhRta" to be a guruvu, as
>otherwise I am a matra short.
In all these cases, the laghuvu before letters with R (R as in kRshNa)
stays as laghuvu though we pronounce them with stress. That is because
R is actually a vowel in our alphabet and such letters are not actually
dvitvAkharas. We are not supposed to stress them and this is
still respected in chando poetry, while writing as well as reading.
Why should this be still so when we actually tend to stress them
is another problem but in all these cases, the lack of stress doesn't
alter the meaning and we can be perfectly happy without that stress
since we have different letters for that. Though we say amrutamu
while talking, amRtamu also sounds very elegant.
Sri Subba Rao wrote (with respect to gu being a lahuvu (or guruvu)
in sahajamagu prEma):
>I said there is a "rule" that explains the gaNa vibhajana.
>(a rule more explicit than a phonetic rule) I didn't say
>poets can take total liberty in such cases. So what I have to look for
>is whether such a rule exists or not.
Please quote the rule when you find one.
I would like to see if there is a rule to that effect anywhere.
And exactly similar examples where such a letter is taken
as guruvu.
Regards,
Bachoti Sridhara Rao