[INDOLOGY] Fwd: Sandhi of word final n

[Madhav Deshpande]

Hello Harry,

     In a sandhi sequence like devān+tatra, according to P 8.3.7
(naśchavyapraśān), the word final n changes into ru, which changes into
visarga and ultimately into s.  The vowel before the n becomes optionally
nasalized by P 8.3.2 (atrānunāsikaḥ pūrvasya tu vā), and in the alternative
that it does not become nasalized, it is followed by an anusvāra by P.8.3.4
(anunāsikāt paro 'nusvāraḥ).  The rule P 8.3.36 (vā śari)  says that a
word-final visarga optionally remains a visarga before ś, ṣ, and s, while
the Vārttika (kharpare śari vā lopo vaktavyaḥ) stipulates that if the
following ś, ṣ and s are followed by a khaR sound (i.e. kh, ph, ch, ṭh, th,
c, ṭ, t, k, p, ś, ṣ, or s, then the visarga is optionally deleted.  Your
example अमुष्मिं स्तवे, and the observations of Whitney, MacDonell and
Coulson seem to relate to the variation noted by these rules of Pāṇini and
the Vārttika.  There are quite a few options involved, and they reflect the
variation in the usage.  Best,

Madhav

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]


On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 5:21 PM Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear list members,
> 1) Both Whitney and MacDonell and Coulson's sandhi chart say that word
> final "n" remains unchanged before "s".
>
> But checking three different printed editions of the Daksinamurtistotram,
> they all have:
>  अमुष्मिं स्तवे
>
> What do the grammarians say about word final "n" before "s"?  Is it
> optional to change a word final "n" to anusvara before "s" or  Is the
> anusvara in this case merely a typographical convenience?
>
> Thanks,
> Harry Spier
>
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