[INDOLOGY] Whitney and doubling of "ch"

[George L. HART]

Well, perhaps not entirely apauruṣeya. See the RV:

ए॒तं ते॒ स्तोमं॑ तुविजात॒ विप्रो॒ रथं॒ न धीरः॒ स्वपा॑ अतक्षम् ।
यदीद॑ग्ने॒ प्रति॒ त्वं दे॑व॒ हर्याः॒ स्व॑र्वतीर॒प ए॑ना जयेम ॥ ५.००२.११

> On Oct 19, 2023, at 12:13 PM, alakendu das via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
> 
> Mr. Spier,
> 
> What we have learnt from Indological studies, Vedas were never written. We call it "Apaurasheya"... i. e. not written.
> The Vedic Mantras came as revealations to the seers( we call them 'Drashta" i. e. one who sees) while in Meditation.
> The hymns or mantras were then recited orally and passed on across generations of disciples. who memorised them.
> Finally, sage Vyasa arranged a compilation and  divided them among his 4 disciples namely, Poilo, Boishampayan, Jaimini and Sumanta.
> Thus we got the 4 Vedas
> 
> In the 19th Century, Max Mueller edited the
> Vedas.
> 
> Regards 
> 
> Alakendu  Das. 
> 
> 
> 
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> From: indology at list.indology.info
> Sent: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 19:40:15 
> To: "Hock, Hans Henrich" <hhhock at illinois.edu>
> Cc: McComas Taylor via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Whitney and doubling of "ch"
> 
> 
> Hans Heinrich Hock wrote:
>> Whatever the motivation may be for the spelling with a single <ch> in the Rig Veda (and let’s keep in mind that the “real” Rig Veda is oral),
> 1) Can someone point me to some article on when and why the Rg-veda was first written down . what script etc.  Was it a British initiative or was the whole or parts written down before the colonial period?  I've seen in a modern Taittiriya Vedashala the students practicing some of their mantras using  written material.  Did the medieval and later Vedashalas also use written materials to teach their students?
> 
> 2) Is it possible that this  "Rg-veda written spelling gachati etc." is just a reflection of what was written when the Rg-veda was first written down?
> 
> Thanks,
> Harry Spier
>>> 
>> 
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