Sanskrit words ending in cerebral N

Georg von Simson g.v.simson at EAST.UIO.NO
Mon Sep 20 13:55:31 UTC 1999


Madhav Deshpande wrote:
>In our known vocabulary of Sanskrit, there are no words which end in
>cerebral N.

But we have at least the onomatopoetic syllable "bhAN", really used in a
Vedic text, see Shatapathabrahmana 10.6.5.4: "sa bhAN akarot saiva vAg
abhavat".

G.v.Simson





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