[Corpora-List] Hindi danda

[Krishnamurthy, Ramesh]

Hi Judith
I'm not an expert on Hindi, but spent several years studying Sanskrit...

In various written texts of Sanskrit verse, dandas are  used to indicate
sections of the  text. For example, in Anustubh metre, single danda is
used at end of 8 syllables, and double danda at end of 16 syllables
(denoting end of a 'stanza/verse').

However, as we are talking about an originally oral Sanskrit tradition,
such orthographic symbols are clearly imposed subsequently on an existing
oral text.

As Sanskrit generated various vernacular prakrits, from which most of the
modern Indian languages developed, and also influenced non-Sanskritic languages,
these orthographic practices may have been applied in different ways in different
languages in different historical periods.

best
Ramesh Krishnamurthy
Visiting Academic Fellow, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET
Room: NX01. Tel: 0121-204-3812.
Director, ACORN (Aston Corpus Network project): http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/
Project Investigator, GeWiss (Volkswagen Foundation) project: http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/research/research-projects/gewiss-spoken-academic-discourse/


Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:28:22 -0400

From: "Judith D. Schlesinger" <judith at super.org>

Subject: [Corpora-List] Hindi danda

To: corpora at uib.no



A few quick questions for anyone with strong knowledge of Hindi...



Is there a difference between using a single danda and a

double danda?  Is there any time more than a double would

be used?  Is the single similar to an English , or ; and the

double like a .?  Or is there no real relationship.



Thanks so much for a quick reply.



Judith Schlesinger

judith at super.org

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