[INDOLOGY] Sandhi of word final n

[Harry Spier]

Hi Madhav,

I think I'm still a little unclear.

I follow this for  devān+tatra,

>
>      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.
>

I.e. if n is before  ch, ṭh, th, c, ṭ, or t   then n -> ru
devān+tatra ->  devāru+tatra ->   devāḥ+tatra  -> devās+tatra

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).
>

I.e.  devās+tatra ->   devāṁs+tatra, or devās+tatra  with nasalized vowel


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.
>

I.e.  devāṁs+tatra ->  devāṁs+tatra or devāṁ+tatra

You wrote:

> 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.
>

I see how this applies to   devān+tatra but I'm unclear how we get from
amuṣmin+ stave to amuṣmiṁ+stave since in this case the n is followed by s
and I don't see how rule 8.3.7 applies.

Thanks,
Harry Spier

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 11:16 PM, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> 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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