Pluti is the term for overlong vowels in Sanskrit. Pluti vowels are usually noted with a numeral "3" (indicating length of three morae), ā3, ī3, ū3, ṝ3, ḹ3, also e3, o3. Jump to: navigation, search Sanskrit ( संस्कृता) is a classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mora (plural moras or morae) is a unit of sound used in phonology that determines syllable weight (which in turn determines stress) in some languages. ...

Pluti is recorded only in two instances in the Rigveda, representing the intonation of a question, both in the late tenth book. The Rig Veda ऋग्वेद (Sanskrit ṛc praise + veda knowledge) is the earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas. ...

• 10.146.1d ná tvā bhîr iva vindatī3ṁ "are you not afraid?"
• 10.129.5d adháḥ svid āsî3d upári svid āsī3t "was it above? was it below?"

The pluti reaches the peak of its popularity in the Brahmana period of late Vedic Sanskrit (roughly 8th century BC), with e.g. some 40 instances in the Shatapatha Brahmana. The Astadhyayi records rules for pluti in spoken language, for example 8.2.82 praty-abhi-vādé-á-śūdre "[the last syllable becomes pluti] when replying to the greeting of a non-shudra". The Brahmanas (Sanskrit ब्राह्मण, Brahmin Books) are part of the Hindu Shruti; They are composed in Vedic Sanskrit, and the period of their composition is sometimes referred to as the Brahmanic period or age (approximately between 900 BC and 500 BC). ... Vedic Sanskrit is the language of the Vedas, the earliest sacred texts of India. ... (9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC - other centuries) (800s BC - 790s BC - 780s BC - 770s BC - 760s BC - 750s BC - 740s BC - 730s BC - 720s BC - 710s BC - 700s BC - other decades) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Assyria conquers Damascus and Samaria... Shatapatha Brahmana (Brahmana of one-hundred paths) is one of the prose texts describing the Vedic ritual. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Literature

• Klaus Strunk, Typische Merkmale von Fragesätzen und die altindische 'Pluti' , Munich (1983).