shiksha
शिक्षा śikṣāThe Vedanga of phonetics: the science of correct articulation, pitch accent and duration of Vedic sounds; one of the earliest systematic treatments of speech sounds anywhere.
Where this term appears
- Shruti and Smriti: what counts as Hindu scripture? Scriptures
The Vedangas , the six auxiliary disciplines, are smriti too: Shiksha (phonetics), Chhanda (meter), Vyakarana (grammar), Nirukta (etymology), Jyotisha (astronomy), and Kalpa (ritual procedure), the technical sc…
- How the Vedas Were Preserved History
Shiksha is the science of correct articulation: where in the mouth each sound is formed, how long it is held, how it is voiced.
- Against the Page Treatise
This is where the recitation apparatus comes in, the body of techniques that the tradition gathered under shiksha , the Vedanga concerned with phonetics and pronunciation.
- Keeping the Sound Treatise
Shiksha , the science of pronunciation, and chandas , the science of metre.
- The Limbs Treatise
Shiksha , the science of phonetics, of how each sound is made and held.
- The Taittiriya Upanishad: the ladder of selves, from food to bliss Treatise
Shankara names the first the Shiksha Valli and the second the Brahmananda Valli; Sayana, commenting on the Aranyaka, prefers Samhiti-upanishad for prapathaka seven and Varuny-upanishad for eight and nine (both …
- Śabda eternal Treatise
Mīmāṃsā, the school of Vedic interpretation, holds that the bond between a word and its meaning is inborn and unmade, that the Veda has no author at all, and that…
- The Chanted Veda Treatise
… the six auxiliary disciplines grown up around the Veda, the first is shiksha , the science of phonetics: the correct articulation of every sound, the place in the mouth where each is formed, the rules of pitch…