| 释义 |
‖ svarita|ˈswarita|
Also Svarita.
[Skr. svarita.]
A falling glide used in the recitation of Vedic texts (see quots.). Also in extended use.
1916A. A. Macdonell Vedic Gram. for Students 448 The Svarita is a falling accent representing the descent from the Udātta pitch to tonelessness. 1955T. Burrow Sanskrit Lang. iii. 113 The accent of the syllable immediately following the udātta is termed svarita- and it is described by Pāṇini as a combination (samāhāra-) of udātta and anudātta. 1957New Oxf. Hist. Music I. iv. 200 The way of chanting the Rigvedic hymns has definite musical importance, as the three accents employed, the udâtta, the anudatta, and the svarita, denote a distinct difference in pitch. 1971Canadian Jrnl. Linguistics XVII. 73 The sandhi-organization..is sufficient peculiar origin for Sanskrit svarita. 1973A. H. Sommerstein Sound Pattern Anc. Greek v. 122 On the vowel following an acute-accented vowel, as also on the latter part of a circumflex-accented vowel, there was a falling glide. [Note] Hereinafter often referred to as svarita. |