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10/29/09

savarNa-dIrgha sandhi

     * अकः सवर्णे दीर्घः 

When the ending swara of a word faces the same swara at the beginning of the next word, they together become the long form of that particular swara.

Ex:

न + अस्ति = नास्ति
न्+अ + अ = ना

कुत्र + अपि = कुत्रापि
त्+र्+अ + अ = त्रा

कपि + ईश = कपीश
प्+इ + ई = पी

na + asti = naasti
n+a + a = naa

kutra + api = kutraapi
t+r+a + a = traa

kapi + Isha = kapIsha
p+i + I = pI
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6 comments:

  1. बहु उत्तमम् भवती | धन्यवादः

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  2. Please explain why it is gurubhyo namah and not gurubhyah ( mas.dative.plu )namah.

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    1. It is gurubhyaH only. Due to visarga sandhi, -bhyaH becomes -bhyo

      Please check out the visarga sandhi explanation at this link and it may make it clearer.

      https://sanskritstudy.blogspot.com/2009/10/visarga-sandhi.html

      Hope that helps.

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  3. Examples of some more

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    1. raama + ayana = raamaayaNa
      kavi + iishwara = kaviishvara
      guru + upadesha = guruupadesha

      Hope that helps.

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