[Advaita-l] diction of mantras

[arun nair]

"But the same cannot be said of mantras from vedas as these must
be learnt from a competent Guru and pronounced exactly as per swara and
other rules. "

But there still could be difference in the pronounciation depending upon
which part of Inida you belonged to.

regards
arun


On 1/26/06, Abhishek RK <rkabhi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Namaste,
>
> Indeed shlokas authored by various authors can be read and pronounced
> varyingly. But the same cannot be said of mantras from vedas as these must
> be learnt from a competent Guru and pronounced exactly as per swara and
> other rules. With regard to mantras from the vedas there is no other
> option
> but to learn from a Guru. But for shlokas and prose like purANas,
> viShNusahasranama, itihAsas etc one generally need not go to a Guru to
> learn. But a mantra to be used in japa must generally be given by a Guru
> as
> its power wil be more.
>
> Regards,
> Abhishek
>
>
>
> --
> bhava Sankara deSika me saraNam
>
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