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65] CEREBEALTZATION OF DENTAL N 43kramana n, step (vowels and labial nasal intervene), ark6na(guttural and vowel) ; grbhnati seizes (labial mute) ;brahmanyadevotion (vowel, h, labial nasal, vowel ;n followedby y).^This rule is followed throughout within a word even whena s which it contains is jDroduced by Sandhi; e.g. usuvanah.(for u suvanah).a. The ccrebi-alization of n takes place almost as regularly in verbscompounded with the prepositions pra lie/ore, para moan, pari round,nir (for nis) out, as well as in nominal derivatives of these combinations; e.g. para-nude {hxlA thrust) , -pva-netv guide {m lead); pari-hnutadenied ; praniti breathes (a/an) nir; hanyat (ban strike), but not in formswith ghn (e. g. abhi-pra-ghnanti) ; pra hinonii, but pari-hiu6mi(hi impel).b. In nominal compounds n is usually cerebralized when it is theinitial of the second member in the RV. ; e.g. dur-naman ill-named,pra-napat great-grandson but tri-nak^ n. third heaven. It is less frequentmedially e.;; g. piirvahna/o?*enoow, vfsa-manas manly-spirited, butfsi-manas offar-seeing mind ; nr-pana giving drink to men, but pari-panan. drink (ep. 50 c iS).t. Cerebralization is even extended to external Sandhi in a closelyconnected fullowing word, most often initially in the enclitic nas us,I'arely in other monosyllables such as mi now, na like, occasionally in^other Avords also ; e. g. saho sii nah ; pdri neta . . . visat. It sometimesoccurs mediallj', oftenest in the enclitic pronoun ena this e. ; g.indra enam. It occasionally apj^ears in accented words also afterfinal r ; e. g. gor ohena.Table showing when n changes to n.rrrsin spite of intervening vowels,gutturals (including h),labials (including v),and ychangentonif followedby vowels,n, m, y, V.^There ai'e two exceptions to this rule in the RV., the gen. plur.ustranam and rastranam.^ After the final cerebral t of sdt (for sds six), assimilated to thefollowing n (33), initial dental n is cerebralized in san-navati ninety-six(TS.) and in san niramimita (B.).