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On the Benares Pronunciation of the Sanskrit Visarga1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

George A. Grierson
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In an article on the representation of tones in Oriental languages (JRAS., 1920, pp. 475 ft), I pointed out that the so-called Vedic accents were the same as the tones found in certain Indo-Chinese languages, the only difference being one of name. In this connexion I stated that the visargacorresponded to the Indo-Chinese glottal check—the “ entering tone ” of Southern Mandarin and other Chinese dialects.

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Indian Section
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 56 , supplement S1 , October 1924 , pp. 117 - 121
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1924

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References

page 120 note 1 The number of the record is 6955 AK.

page 121 note 1 Record No. 6957 AK.

page 121 note 2 Both the above-mentioned records are in verse. If it is desired to hear the pronunciation in prose, No. 6954 AK gives the opening passage of Sankara's commentary on the Brahma-sūtrasin the Marāthā, and No. 6956 AK in the indigenous pronunciation.