svara
स्वर svaraPitch accent in Vedic recitation, traditionally of three kinds: udatta (raised), anudatta (lowered) and svarita (a gliding combination of the two).
Where this term appears
- The Gayatri Mantra Worship
… conferred at a valid upanayana, by a qualified teacher, with correct svara , the pitch accent, and that recitation outside that frame is a different act from the one the texts describe.
- Against the Page Treatise
…ts exact utterance: the precise sequence of sounds, and above all the svara , the pitch accent that rises and falls across the syllables and that can change meaning and, in the ritual frame, change effect.
- Keeping the Sound Treatise
The second is svara , the pitch accent, of which the tradition recognises three: udatta (raised), anudatta (not raised, lower), and svarita (a falling glide between them).
- The Isha Upanishad: renounce, and then enjoy Treatise
It is recited with full Vedic intonation, the svara , like the sacrificial formulae it follows.
- The Three Cities Treatise
…a ), onto the three guna-s ( sattva , rajas , tamas ), onto the three svaras ( udatta , anudatta , svarita - the three Vedic recitation tones), onto the three principal goddesses ( Mahalakshmi , Mahasaraswati ,…