External Visarga Sandhi + unvoiced 3.4.1 Flashcards

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Q

Any visarga before unvoiced sounds

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Regardless of visarga comes from s or r ending, it will remain visarga
muneḥ śakti -> muneḥ śakti (from final s)
rākṣasāḥ karśanti -> rākṣasāḥ karśanti (from final s)
punaḥ punaḥ -> punaḥ punaḥ (from final r)

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Any visarga before unvoiced sounds: exception

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When the following sound is a UPSV (unvoiced plosive of sibillant containing varga c, ch, ṭ, ṭh, t, th) visarga changes to the plosives homorganic sibillant ś, ṣ or s
buddaḥ cīvaram -> buddhaścīvaram
agniḥ ṭīkā -> agniṣṭīkā
bhikṣuḥ tanoti -> bhikṣustanoti

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