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aJnAsikAyAs saJjJAyAn nasaJ cAsthUlAt

अञ्नासिकायाः संज्ञायां नसं चास्थूलात् ONPANINI 54118

Replace nAsikA नासिका, when ifc in a /bahuvrIhi, when a tag, with nas नस् + /ac', but not after sthUla स्थूल.

drur iva nAsikAsya द्रुरिव नासिकास्य "his nose is like a tree"
→ dru-NasaH द्रुॱणसः "tree-nosed", with N ण् from pUrvapadAts....

But nAsikA नासिका stays after sthUla स्थूल —

sthUlanAsikaH स्थूलनासिकः "big-nosed"

A /vArttika says that when after khara खर, /ac' is optional. So,

by the regular rule we get /ac' —

khara-nasaH खरॱनसः "Donkeynose"

and by the /vArttika, we get no /ac' —

khara-nas- खरॱनस् m + /su → khara-nAH खरॱनाः "Donkeynose", lengthening like **sumanAs सुमनास्