Thread by @DRenaissancMan

Đ Sacred Sound Series : II
Vedic Perspectives on Sound :

In 2003, UNESCO proclaimed that the oral tradition of the Vedic chanting as an intangible cultural heritage of the world.

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The proclamation recognizes that
“ To ensure that the sound of each word remains unaltered, practitioners are taught from childhood complex recitation techniques that are based on tonal accents, a unique manner of pronouncing each letter and specific speech combinations”.

Vedas are collection of very large number of “mantras”, which are referred as Vedic chants. These Vedic chants have phonetic characteristics such as pitch, duration, emphasis, uniformity and juxta-position . These Vedic chants are orally transmitted with extraordinary acoustic

precision from master to disciples from ancient times to present times. It is well known that the acoustic precision in the oral transmission of Vedic chants, music and speech cannot be surpassed through writing.
The art and science of acoustics have received a high importance in

the Vedic literature.
The chants along with both vocal and instrumental music are playing major role in Hindu tradition from ancient times to the present.
In Vedic literature the production of human speech is emphasized. This could be due to the importance of acoustical aspects

of Vedic chants. The speech production according to Vedic view can be described through four stages.
These four stages are called as :-
Para,
Pashyanti,
Madhyama &
Vaikhari.
These four stages are integrally connected to the yoga aspects of Vedic tradition. Among these four

stages the last stage namely ‘Vaikhari’ refers to fully manifested speech sounds from the human speaker propagated to the listener. The other three stages namely ‘Para’, ‘Pashyanti’ & ‘Madhyama’ refers to the stages internal to the human speaker.The fourth stage of ‘Vaikhari’

encompasses various types of acoustic expressions in human life.
They can be represented (as shown in Fig here) by speech, music, literature and spirituality. This model for four stage development of speech sounds can also be generalized conceptually to production of sound.

The philosophical and spiritual aspects of sound are also very much emphasized in Vedic Hindu tradition.
It is interesting to note that the commonly referred five basic elements in Vedic literature namely :-
space,
air,
fire,
water &
earth.
are related to corresponding sense

of perception.The subtle to gross order of correspondence according to the Vedic tradition is shown in Table below. It is interesting to note that the spatial experience is solely related to the sense of sound perception.
To be Continued,..

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