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Nada

World Religion
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The inner sound or cosmic vibration, often experienced in deep meditation, considered the primordial sound from which creation arises.

Detailed Definition
Nada in poetry is the hum beneath silence—the sound that is not heard with ears, but known in the marrow. Poets use it as the source of all mantra, the pulse behind the breath, the note that precedes language. It becomes the hidden rhythm of verse: not written, but felt—the music the soul remembers before it speaks.
Example
Example in poetry:
A yogic poem: "Nada—hum in ears, / deeper than sound, / closer than breath"; A meditative verse: "In silence, Nada rises—/ inner music / of the spheres"; A modern lyric: "Tinnitus becomes Nada—/ annoyance to grace / with shift of view"; A haiku: "Deep meditation—/ Nada: unstruck sound / that sings"; Another: "Nada isn’t heard—/ it’s felt in marrow, / the pulse of being"; A minimalist verse: "Inner sound. Cosmic vibration. / Nada: subtle / music."
Additional Notes
Nada as cosmic sound is the vibration beneath all words; in poetry, it is the silence between syllables, the breath before the line—this makes sound the true medium of mystical expression, essential for interpreting verse as sonic experience, not semantic.
Also Known As
Cosmic Sound Inner Sound Anahata Nada
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