20 The most ancient Grammar of the Vedas. [Jan. 



anusvara before a consonant. The third Praticakhya also mentions 

 expressly the different opinions (II. 3.) 



In quite another chapter (XIII ♦ 2,) viz. in that of the pronunciation, 

 and in the immediate annexation to the varnatma gunacastram, the first 

 Praticakhya treats the Anusvara within the word (anan tasthan anus- 

 varam) which Vyali (XIII. 4,) calls ndsikya or anundsika, and mentions 

 also in that place those cases in which the Anusvara follows a long 

 vowel. 



These are — 



(1.) The Anusvara in the plurals of neuter nouns ending with 

 Ushma, before the termination si and shi, for example chakshushi. 



(2.) The Anusvara before the terminations sa ; sa, san, sam, if no 

 nami precedes it, but a y or v not produced by means of Sandhi ; for 

 example : vidvasan. 



(3.) In the words gighasan, pasure, masam, pumasam, pausyam. 



(4.) In the praclishta sandhi (coalescing of two similar vowels) 

 example : abhutacas, and in the abhinihita sandhi (Elision) havamahe 

 homucham ; and lastly, 



(5.) In the words macchatve and ayasam. 



N. B. The third Praticakhya is very explicit in the enumeration 

 of the Anusvara within the word, without however containing any 

 thing worth remarking except the following passage, of whose explana- 

 tion however I am not quite certain, since I have not the commentary 

 to it : (II. 4.) Akare'karokara : si-shi-para : padantayo : vikrite 'pi ana- 

 karo hrasva Sankrit yasya. The last sentence cannot well otherwise be 

 completed than : an-akaro 'nusvaro (or svara) hrasva anunasika apadyate 

 Sankrit yasya matena. The opinion of the grammarian Sankritya would 

 accordingly be, that among the neutral roots in s, only those in as before 

 the plural termination of the first and second cases had the double 

 augmentation by inserting the nasal, sound, and the elongation of the 

 vowel of the final syllable, while the others pointed out but the first, and 

 accordingly for instance havishi must be formed. 

 2. The euphonic Anunasikya. 



In the second Patala of the first Praticakhya (6, 7.) which treats 

 of the Sanhita of the vowels, we meet with the following section under 

 the Adhikdra " prakrityd" 



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