Taittiriya Pratishakhya
तैत्तिरीयप्रातिशाख्यम्
A phonetic and recitational text of the Taittiriya branch of the Krishna Yajurveda.
Chapter 20 · 12 shlokas
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 20 · Verse 1
इवर्णोकारयोर्यवकारभावे क्षैप्र उदात्तयोः।।
ivarṇokārayoryavakārabhāve kṣaipra udāttayoḥ||
When i , ī , and u are converted into y or v , the accent is kṣaipra , if they were acute.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 20 · Verse 2
सयकारवकारं त्वक्षरं यत्र स्वर्यते स्थिते पदे ऽनुदात्तपूर्वे ऽपूर्वे वा नित्य इत्येव जानीयात।।
sayakāravakāraṃ tvakṣaraṃ yatra svaryate sthite pade 'nudāttapūrve 'pūrve vā nitya ityeva jānīyāt||
But where a syllable containing a y or v is circumflexed in a fixed word , begin preceded by a grave syllable , or not preceded by anything , that is to be known as nitya.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 20 · Verse 3
अपि चेन्नानापदस्थमुदात्तमथ चेत्सांहितेन स्वर्यते स प्रातिहतः।।
api cennānāpadasthamudāttamatha cetsāṁhitena svaryate sa prātihataḥ||
If , moreover , there is an acute standing in another word , then , if there be a circumflex resulting from a rule of combination , it is prātihata.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 20 · Verse 4
तस्मादकारलोपे ऽभिनिहतः।।
tasmādakāralope 'bhinihataḥ||
After such a one , in case of the loss of an a , it is abhinihata.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 20 · Verse 5
ऊभावे प्रश्लिष्टः।।
ūbhāve praśliṣṭaḥ||
Where an ū results , it is praśliṣṭa.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 20 · Verse 6
पदविवृत्त्यां पादवृत्तः।।
padavivṛttyāṃ pādavṛttaḥ||
Where there is a hiatus between two words , it is pādavr̥tta.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 20 · Verse 7
उदात्तपूर्वस्तैरोव्यञ्जनः।।
udāttapūrvastairovyañjanaḥ||
Where an acute precedes , it is tairovyañjana.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 20 · Verse 8
इति स्वारनामधेयानि।।
iti svāranāmadheyāni||
These are the names of the circumflex accents.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 20 · Verse 9
क्षैप्रनित्ययोर्दृढतरः।।
kṣaipranityayordṛḍhataraḥ||
In the kṣaipra and nitya , the effort is firmer.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 20 · Verse 10
अभिनिहते च।।
abhinihate ca||
As also in the abhinihata.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 20 · Verse 11
प्रश्लिष्टप्रातिहतयोर्मृदुतरः।।
praśliṣṭaprātihatayormṛdutaraḥ||
In the praśliṣṭa and prātihata , it is gentler.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 20 · Verse 12
तैरोव्यञ्जनपादवृत्तयोरल्पतरो ऽल्पतरः।।
tairovyañjanapādavṛttayoralpataro 'lpataraḥ||
In the tairovyañjana and pādavr̥tta , it is feebler.