Re: prounounciation of Mrtyunjaya Mantra
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
For those that may wish to review this a bit further, let me offer this...all corrections are welcomed.
How many t's can you have ?
It is based upon the tongue position in the mouth ; there are 5 positions possible, here are 2.
dental called dantya - Note we add the 'a' so pronunciation is possible . On a more profound level it is śiva and śakti - śiva owns the 'a' and all vowels while śakti owns all the consonants . Hence śakti cannot be without śiva.
- ta त ( unasperated)
- tha थ (asperated)
cerebral called mūrdhanya ( some call retroflex)
- ṭa ट (unasperated)
- ṭha ठ (asperated)
For our use we can set the following in place to limit confusion for this post:
- ta = ṭa and sounds like tub or tap
- tha = ṭha and sounds like anthill , or easier to see and pronounce an-thill
Let's look at this word त्र्यम्बक or tryambaka ; when we look at its components, one way of viewing it is like this ( I chose 3 for obvious reasons) त्र्य म्ब क
त्र्य = traya or tri त्र + ya य
म्ब = mba
क = ka
You can see the import of 'ya' य as it smoothly ties त्र्य म्ब and forms tryamba. Some may think this way त्रि ( tri) + अम्ब (amba) + क (ka) , yet 'ya' is lost and greatly needed. We talked on other posts that 'ya' is joining. Other conversations led us to 'aya' which is a move towards.
So, it is my opinion that tryambaka is without a 'tha' or 'ṭha' sound-syllable ( phoneme).
praṇām
Last edited by yajvan; 28 November 2011 at 11:46 AM.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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