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    Interchange of b and v

    Namaste

    yajvan’s answer to PestThurse mentions something I puzzle about since long.

    Why are b and v interchanged like brhaspati - vrhaspati, bali – vali, vichitravirya – bichitravirya,
    kubera – kuvera ...

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    Re: Interchange of b and v

    Namaste,

    As far as I know, it is a matter of certain Indian languages not having a full set of consonants. For example, Bengali does not have a representation for sound 'v', so it is replaced by and pronounced as sound 'b' or 'bh' - my Bengali math teacher used to pronounce 'value of the vector' as 'bheloo of the bhecter'. Similarly, some of the vowels are pronounced differently in different languages. For example in Bengali, 'a' is many times replaced by and pronounced as 'o'. So, 'jaya' becomes 'joyo'; but 'baaDi' (house) is left untouched . In my mind, this has been a limiting factor in the acceptance of Gaudiya Vaishavanism in the Hindi heartland - all their bhajans (devotional songs) are in Bengali and not readily accepted by non-Bengalis. Others may have additional or contradicting views.

    Pranam.
    Last edited by Believer; 29 October 2015 at 09:54 AM.

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    Re: Interchange of b and v

    Thank you Believer,

    Hinduism is always a wonderland.

    By the way there must be a language that replaces ‚deva‘ with ‚deo‘ thus I found deoki and vasudeo.

    Not easy for foreigners ...
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