Taittiriya Pratishakhya
तैत्तिरीयप्रातिशाख्यम्
A phonetic and recitational text of the Taittiriya branch of the Krishna Yajurveda.
Chapter 18 · 7 shlokas
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 18 · Verse 1
ओकारं तु प्रणव एके ऽर्धतृतीयमात्रं ब्रुवते।।
okāraṃ tu praṇava eke 'rdhatṛtīyamātraṃ bruvate||
As praṇava , some utter o with two and a half moras.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 18 · Verse 2
उदात्तानुदात्तस्वरितानां कस्मिंश्चिदिति शैत्यायनः।।
udāttānudāttasvaritānāṃ kasmiṁściditi śaityāyanaḥ||
śaityāyana says it is to be utterd with either one of acute , grave , or circumflex.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 18 · Verse 3
धृतप्रचयः कौण्डिन्यस्य।।
dhṛtapracayaḥ kauṇḍinyasya||
According to kauṇḍinya , it is a sustained pracaya.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 18 · Verse 4
मध्यमेन स वाक्प्रयोगः।।
madhyamena sa vākprayogaḥ||
That application of the voice is with middle tone.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 18 · Verse 5
स्वरितः प्लाक्षिप्लाक्षायणयोः।।
svaritaḥ plākṣiplākṣāyaṇayoḥ||
According to plākṣi and plākṣāyaṇa , it is circumflexed.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 18 · Verse 6
उदात्तो वाल्मीकेः।।
udātto vālmīkeḥ||
According to vālmīki , it is acute.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 18 · Verse 7
यथाप्रयोगं वा सर्वेषां यथाप्रयोगं वा सर्वेषाम।।
yathāprayogaṃ vā sarveṣāṃ yathāprayogaṃ vā sarveṣām||
All allow that it may also be according to the application.