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The following is a scheme of Vedic accents which deserves the attention of foreign readers for understanding the general principles of the Vedic svaras in the light of music :--
Udatta, and Pracaya, i.c., Anudatta following Svarita.
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Anudatta preceding the Udatta and }.. marked as
Svarita.
अनि म
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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not marked.
Svarita
do.
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There are three Svaras or accents in the Vedas; the Udatta, acute,' the Anudatta, 'grave,' and the Svarita, toned.' When more than one Anudatta precede an Udatta, all but the last are often sounded lower. The 1st Anudatta following an Udatta becomes Svarita; and all the rest are sounded like the Udatta and called Pracayas. If we compare the above accents with the tones of a musical gamut, we can know the exact sounds of those accents. Let the Udatta be represented by any key on the piano and be marked as C, and sa according to the Hindu method; then the two sounds of the Anudatta will be marked as B and ni, and G and qpa, respectively. The Svarita will be sounded as C sharp and fri.2 The Pracaya svara, as it is pronounced by the Brahmans of the Taittiriya Sakha and the Rgveda, is identical with the Udatta, and therefore is equal to C and H sa. A long Svarita in the Rgveda is split into two long sounds-the first of which is sounded as Udatta and the second, as Svarita.
निस्स सा री सा नि सा रि सा नि स रि नौ स
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के पु रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒ व
It is called suddha rsabha by the Hindus.
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