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30 EXTERNAL CONSONANT SANDHI [32-37vajebhih (for gdmat) ; agnid rtayatah (through agnit foragnidh) ;tristiib gayatrl (through tristiip for tristubh) ;abja (for ap-ja).33. Final k, t, t, p before n or m may, and in practiceregularly do, become the nasal of their own class ; e. g.pranan martyasya (through pranag for pranak) ;viranmitravarunayoh (through virad for virat) ;san-navati (TS.)(through sat-) for sas-navati ;asin nd (through asid forasit) ;tan mitrasya (for tad) ;trikakum nivartat (throughtrikakub for trikakiip from trikakiibh).34. Final t becomes 1 through d ;e. g. angal lomnah(for an gat).35. Since the nasals have no corresponding hard sounds,they remain unchanged in quality before initial hard sounds.The guttural n,^ which is rare, remains otherwise unmodifiedalso (cp. 52) ;but it may before sibilants insert a transitionalk, e. g. pratyank sa beside pratydnsa. Final m is liable tochange of position before all consonants (42). Final dentaln is liable to change before vowels (42, 52), palatals, dentals,the semivowel 1, and sometimes p (40).36. The dental nasal n remains unchanged before (1) thegutturals k, kh, g, gh; (2) the labials p,^ ph, b, bh, m; (3) thesoft dentals d, dh, n; generally also before t (40, 2) ; (4) thesemivowels y, r, v, and the breathing h ; (5) the cerebraland the dental sibilants s and s.a. Before s and s a transitional t may be inserted,e.g. ahan-t sahasa ;tan-t sam.II.Changes of Position.37. The only four final consonants (27) liable to change ofposition are the dental t and n, the labial m, and Visarjaniya.^The palatal and cerebral nasals, as has already been stated, do notoccur as finals.^Before p it sometimes becomes mh ; cp. 40, 5.