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43-46] EXTERNAL CONSONANT SANDHI 35but the MSS. usually employ Visarjaniya and Europeaneditions regularly do so.a. Before a sibilant immediately followed by a hard mute, a finalVisarjaniya is dropped ;e. g. mandibhi stomebhih (through mandibhihfor mandibhis) ;du-stuti f. ill-praise (for dus-stuti). The droppingis i>rescribed by the Prati^akhyas of the RV., the VS., and the TS.,and is applied by Aufrecht in his edition of the RV.b. Before a sibilant immediately followed by a nasal or semivowel,a final Visarjaniya is optionally dropped ;e g. krta sravah (for krtah) ;ni-svarani (through nih- foi- uis-).44. Visarjaniya (except after a or a) before a soft sound(vowel or consonant) is changed to r; e.g. rsibhir idyah(through rsibhih for rslbhis) ; agnir h6ta (through agnihfor agnis) ; paribhur asi (through -bhuh for -bhus).45. 1. The final syllable ah (= as) drops its Visarjaniyabefore vowels or soft consonants ;e. g.suta ini6 (throughsutah for sutas) ;2. The final syllable ah (= as)visva vi (through visvah for visvas).a. drops its Visarjaniya before vowels except a ;e. g.khya a (through khyah for khyas).h. before soft consonants and before a, is changed to o,after which a may be elided (21 a) indavo vara;e. g.(through indavah for indavas) ;no ati (through nah fornas) or no 'ti.46. The final syllables ah (= ar) and ah (= ar), in thecomparatively few instances ' in which the Visarjaniyarepresents an etymological r, do not form an exception (45)to the general rule (44) ;e. g. pratar agnih ; piinar nah ;svar druhah ;var avayati.in compounds the original r frequently remains ;e. g. vanar-sad,dhur-sdd, &c. This survival shows that r originally remained beforesibilants in sentence Sandhi,1r is original in dvar door, var protector, var water ;ahar day, us^rdaini, udhar udder, vadhar weapon, vanar icood, svar light ;ant^r within,avdr down, piinar again, pratar early the voc, of r; stems, e.g. bhratar ;the 2. 3. s. of past tenses from roots in r, e. g. avar, from vr cover.D 2