[INDOLOGY] Sandhi breaks in longer meters

Valerie Roebuck vjroebuck at btinternet.com
Thu Jul 28 14:24:42 UTC 2016


I’ve just had a quick look at an edition of the Saundaryalaharī, in Śikhariṇī (17 syllables to a line), and sandhi is broken only between half verses and whole verses. For example, there's a ś  at the end of one half-line followed by a c at the beginning of the next.

Valerie J Roebuck
Manchester, UK

> On 28 Jul 2016, at 15:07, Harry Spier <hspier.muktabodha at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear list members,
> 
> In the longer sanskrit meters (Vasantatilaka for examplbe 14 syllables to a line) is Sandhi broken after each line or only after the half verse and end of verse.
> 
> Thank you,
> Vasishtha
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