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26 CONSONANT SANDHI [25-27a. Tho i of the nora. s. in prthivi, prthu-jrdyi, samrajiii rarely, ofthe instr. su^ami once, and of the instr. uti often, remains unchangedbefore vowels ;^ o. g. sanirajni ^dhi, susfimi abhuvan.26. The diphthong e is unchangeable in various nominaland verbal forms.a. The e of the nom. ace. dual {= a + i), fern, and neut.^of a stems, is not liable to Sandhi ;rodasi ubh6rghayamanam.e. g.h. The verbal dual e^ of the 2. 3. pres. and perf. mid.never combines, thoughit is nearly always prosodicallyshortened ; e. g. parimamnathe asman.c. The e of the locative of the pronominal forms tv6in thee, asni6 ^in us, yusm6 in you are unchangeable ;e. g. tv6 it ;asm6 ayuh ; yusm6 ittha.Combination of Final and InitialConsonants.27. The external Sandhi of consonants is primarily andalmost exclusively concerned with the assimilation of a finalto a following initial sound. Since the Sandhi of finalconsonants generally speaking starts from the form theyassume in pausa," it is necessary to state the law of allowablefinals at the outset. That law may be formulated as follows :only unaspirated hard mutes, nasals, and Visarjanlya aretolerated, and palatals are excluded, as finals. By this lawthe thirty-nine consonants classified in § 3 are reduced to^*The unchangeableness of the vowel here being only occasional isnot indicated with iti in the Pada text.*Except dhisnyeme for dhisnye im6, as it is also probably to bopronounced.^Under the influence of the nominal dual e ;for there was originallyno difference between this dual e and any other e in middleforms, such as the dual vahe, sing, te, aiad the plur. ante.*Also used as dat. in the RV.^They are always written with iti in the Piida text.®Final n and r are, however, to a considerable extent treated noton the basis of their pausal form, but of etymology.