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46 INTERNAL CONSONANT SANDHI [67-69the change ; e. g. go-sakhi beside go-sakhi possessbuj cattle.After r thes becomes s in svar-sa light winning, svar-satl f. oUainment of light.c. Cerebralization is even extended to external Sandhi in initials after a final i and u in the RV. when the two words are syntacticallyclosely connected. This change chiefly takes place in monosyllabicpronouns and particles, such as sa, sya, sim, sma, svid, and particulai-lysu e. ; g. u su. It also occurs in numerous verbal forms andin heaven. Inparticiples ; e.g. yuyam M stha /or ye are, divi siin beingother words the change is rare e. ; g.tri .sadhdstha.^ In the laterSamhitas this form of external Sandhi is very rare except in thecombination u sii.Table showing when s changesto s.Vowels except a change(in spite of interveningAnusvara), tosk, r, s siffollowedby vowels,t, th, n,m, y, V.68. The labial m remains unchanged before y, r, 1 (cp,60 and 42 B 1) ;e, g. yam-yamana being guided, vam-ra m.ant, apa-mlukta concealed. But before suffixes beginningwith V it becomes n; e.g. jagan-van having gone (fromgam go).69. a. The breathing h becomes k in all roots before s ;e. g. dhak-si 2. s. pros, from dah hum;sak-si 2. s. pres.from saJa prevail..h. In roots beginning with d it is treated like gh beforet, th, dh e. ; g. dah + ta = dag-dha burnt (62 b),dnh + tam= dug-dham 3. du. pres. Similarly treated is the oldestform of the perf. pass, participle of the root muh :miig-dhabeivildered.c. h in all other roots is treated like an aspirate cerebral,which after changing a following t, th, dh to dh and1In tlie EV. occurs the Sandhi y^juh skanndm (for skanndm) withoutcerebralization of the nn (cp. 65).