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**Lerpenoaneway** · 10-11-2007, 05:57 PM

Mr.Brahmanyan,

That is the precise reason for continuing this thread. As you are aware,
Vedas are passed on from one to another by chanting only. Sri
MahaPeriyaval was not in favour of printing the vedic texts since
intonation - swaras - is the sine qua non of these mantras. When I saw
some elderly people learning it from the Purohithars, I thought it augurs
well. It must be our endeavour to continue the tradition of oral
recitation.

10-11-2007, 05:57 PM	#26
Lerpenoaneway Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 442 Senior Member	Mr.Brahmanyan, That is the precise reason for continuing this thread. As you are aware, Vedas are passed on from one to another by chanting only. Sri MahaPeriyaval was not in favour of printing the vedic texts since intonation - swaras - is the sine qua non of these mantras. When I saw some elderly people learning it from the Purohithars, I thought it augurs well. It must be our endeavour to continue the tradition of oral recitation.
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