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27-28] EXTERNAL SANDHI OF CONSONANTS 27:— the following eight as permissible in pausa k, n ;t ; t, n ;p, m; Visarjaniya.The aspirate and soft mutes (3 b) are eliminated, leavingonly hard unaspirated mutes to represent them. The palatals(3 h /3), including s (3 d), and h (3 e),are replaced by k or t(n by n).s (3 d) is replaced by t, s (3 (7)and r (3 c) by Visarjaniya.The nasal n (Shy) and the three semivowels y, 1,v (3 c)do not occur.28. The rule is that only a single consonant may befinal. Hence all but the first of a groupof consonantsmust be dropi^ed ;e. g. abhavan 3. pi. impf. were (forabhavant) ;tan ace. pi. those (for tans) ;tudan striking(for tudants) ; pran fonvard (through prank for pranc-s) ;aehan 3. s. aor. has pleased (for achantst).a. k, t, or t,when they follow an r and belong to theroot, are allowed to remain e. ; g. vark 3. s. aor. of vrjhend (for vark-t) ;urk nom. s. of urj strength; a-mart3. s.impf. of mrj wipe ;a-vart 3. s. aor. of vrt turn ;su-hart'nom. s.of suhard friend.a. There are seven instances in the Sanihitas in which a siiffixal s ort is retained instead of the preceding radical consonant. (1) s tliusapi^eara in the following four nominatives :sing. sadha-mas besidesadha-mat (for sadha-mad-s) companio7i of the feast ; ava-yas (for avayaj-s)f. sacrificial share ; avayas (for avayaj-s) ni. a kind of priest ;puro-das sacrificial cake (for piiro-das-s).^ (2) s or t similarly ajipears inthe following four singular verbal preterite forms :a-ya-s (for d-yaj-s)beside a-yat 2 s. aor. of yaj sacrifice a-sras; (for d-sraj-s) 2. s. aor. of srjemit;a-bhanas (for a-bhanak-s)2. s. impf. of bhanj break ;and a-sra^(for a-sras-t)3 3. s. aor. of sras fall.1The only instance of a suffix remaining after r is in dar-t 3. s. aor.of dr cleave beside d,-dar 2. s. (for d-dar-s).-The s is probably due to the analogy of nominatives, like mas moon,dravino-da-s wealth-giver, &c.3The appearance of s or t here is due to the beginnings of the