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Pronunciation of “la”

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    • April 11, 2024 at 7:20 pm #623756
      anand
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      Namaskaram/Hari Om,

      Is there an alternate way to pronounce the alphabet “la”?

      For example, my native language is Malayalam. In Malayalam, written as മലയാളം we have ല and ള (The same sound in Tamil in the word “Vellai” with additional stress on la though). However, in Sanskrit, I have seen that there is only ल

      I chant Kanakadhara stotram daily and there are words like

      “Pulaka” – I pronounce it as ള instead of ല
      “Mukula” – I pronounce it as ള instead of ല
      “Mangala” – I pronounce it as ള instead of ല
      “Kalambudali” – I pronounce it as ള instead of ല
      “Lalitha” – First La pronounced as ल (ല) and li as ളി

      My question is – Should it always be pronounced as ल (ല). Is there ള sound in Sanskrit

      I hope, my question is straightforward. Sorry to have had to add the Malayalam alphabet. That was the only way I could express the sound here.

      Thanks again
      Anand

    • April 11, 2024 at 7:23 pm #623872
      anand
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      Hari Om,

      Could someone please respond to this doubt? I just need to know if there is any variation to the sound ल in the way it is pronounced.

      Regards
      Anand

    • April 11, 2024 at 7:23 pm #623875
      Arvind1 Kannan
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      In Tamil and Malayalam, we have 2 la-s, so you must have this doubt. But in Sanskrit, we have only one la i. e. the la which is present in Malayalam.

    • April 11, 2024 at 7:23 pm #623877
      anand
      Participant

      Thank you so much for the response. I realize many of us must be wrongly uttering those Sanskrit chants in that case.

      Thanks for the clarification

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