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Challenges in Digital Sanskrit Lexicography The Example of Vedic Accent Felix Rau (University of Cologne)

Cologne Sanskrit Dictionary

Vedic Accent a t a a t t t ā i t r d ā a d u v n u s a ( Kiparsky 1973)

॑ Vedic Accent Marking Ś atapatha ISO 15919 R ̥ gveda S ā maveda Br ā hma ṇ a ud ā tta क क꣡ क á svarita a / à क क꣢ ◌॒क anud ā tta a ( a ̲ ) क॒ क꣣ क

अ॒#$नमी॑ळे पु॒रो4ह॑तं य॒9:य॑ दे॒वमृ॒@Aवज॑म् । होता॑रं रAन॒धात॑मम्॥ a ̲ gnim ī ̀ ḷ e pu ̲ rohìta ṃ ya ̲ jñasyà de ̲ vam r ̥̲ tvijàm । hot ā̀ ra ṃ ratna ̲ dh ā tàmam ॥ agním īḷ e puróhita ṃ yajñásya devám r ̥ tvíjam । hót ā ra ṃ ratnadh ā́ tamam ॥ R ̥ gveda (RV 1.1.1)

a t a a t t t ā t i r d ā a d u v u n s a अ॒#$नमी॑ळे a ̲ gnim ī ̀ ḷ e agním īḷ e

/agní/

अ#$न agní अ,जा agraj ā́ शपथ् ś apathyà Böhtlingk and Roth अ@Jन꣫ अLजा꣫ शपNय॑ (1855-1875) Monier-Williams अ@Jन agní अLजा agraj ā́ शपNय ṡ apathyà (1899) Grassmann (1873) agní agrajâ çapath ý a Cappeler अ@Jन॑ अLेपा॑ शपNय᳗ (1887, 1891) अ@Jन agní अLेपा agrepâ´ MacDonell (1893) − Schmidt (1928) agní parap ā́ tam − long vowel independent ud ā tta ud ā tta svarita

Devanagari Romanisation SLP1 (ASCII compatible encoding)

SLP1 high pitch / low pitch \ ^ circumflex extra low tone 6 low tone 7 high tone 8 extra high tone 9 + sharpness (Scharf & Hyman 2011, p. 154)

SLP1 /8 ud ā tta \7 anud ā tta dependent and ^98 unaggravated svarita aggravated and ^97 independent svarita (Scharf & Hyman 2011, p. 156)

va ṃ 1॒॑ interpretation: ^97 or transcription: 1\^ vaM ^97 vaM 1\^

॑ Text excerpts in CSL क क॒ Devanagari SLP 1 ka ^ ka \

॑ Inconsistencies in head words क꣫ क क॒ क᳗ Böhtlingk ud ā tta svarita anud ā tta & Roth / ^ \ ud ā tta svarita Capeller / /

• different traditions • texts • Indian and Western • lexicography • different layers • texts • writing systems • representation systems • encoding systems

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