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    Pronunciation: letter r

    Namaste to all,

    I happened upon a video in the attempt to see how रुद्र, rudra is pronounced. It is my understanding that the "upside-down matra" on the "r" letter represents the sound in foot or cook, not boot or zoo. However, I was very surprised for lack of knowledge to find this video explaining that you must trill the "r" sound as in the Spanish "r" that is trilled, not tapped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22eNn9XoC5I

    When is the "r" trilled, and when is it merely tapped? And what is that short mark below the "r" letter in the video? That can't be a halent symbol, as that would be the suppression of the inherent vowel right there.

    Many thanks.

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    Re: Pronunciation: letter r

    Quote Originally Posted by deafAncient View Post
    Namaste to all,

    I happened upon a video in the attempt to see how रुद्र, rudra is pronounced. It is my understanding that the "upside-down matra" on the "r" letter represents the sound in foot or cook, not boot or zoo. However, I was very surprised for lack of knowledge to find this video explaining that you must trill the "r" sound as in the Spanish "r" that is trilled, not tapped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22eNn9XoC5I

    When is the "r" trilled, and when is it merely tapped? And what is that short mark below the "r" letter in the video? That can't be a halent symbol, as that would be the suppression of the inherent vowel right there.

    Many thanks.
    Namaste dA,

    It will be odd hearing a Hindi speaker with a trilled r.
    र् is the original consonant, but this alone can't be pronounced.
    To be able to do that, we add अ (a) to it (as usual in case of any other consonant, e.g. द् d). So,

    र् + अ = र

    The symbol below is indeed the halanta हलन्त.
    The trilling sound is observed in ऋ (Ree).

    rudrá has accented a in the end, so drá is given more weight.
    र् + ऊ = रू
    द् + र = द्र

    रू + द्र = रूद्र
    Things to remember:

    1. Life = yajña
    2. Depth of Āstika knowledge is directly proportional
    to the richness of Sanskrit it is written in
    3. Āstika = Bhārata ("east") / Ārya ("west")
    4. Varṇa = tripartite division of Vedic polity
    5. r = c. x²
    where,
    r = realisation
    constant c = intelligence
    variable x = bhakti

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