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aT;ku;pv;AG;num;vyavAye 'pi

अट्कुॱप्वाङ्नुम्व्यवाये ऽपि ONPANINI 84002

(A n न् that is not before a serious turns into N ण्) even when several of /aT' /ku /pu /AG /M come in between.

Addition to < raSAbhyAnnoN....

According to < raSAbhyAnnoN..., n न् turns into N ण् when it is right after r र् —

tIr तीर् + na न → tIrNa- तीर्णॱ , by < raSAbhyAnnoN...

This rule says that the same thing will happen if there is an /aT' between the r र् and the n न् —

putra पुत्र + /TA
→ putra पुत्र + ina इन by TAGasiGas...
→ putrena पुत्रेन by AdguNaH
→ !**putreNa पुत्रेण by this rule

and the same thing will happen if two /aT' come in between —

**kArya- कार्यॱ + /TA
→ kAryena कार्येन
→ !**kAryeNa कार्येण

and of course it will also happen when we have in between an /aT', a /pu, another /aT', another /pu, and another /aT' —

niSkramamAnaH निष्क्रममानः → !**niSkramamANaH निष्क्रममाणः

Coulson at the end of chapter four has a wonderful explanation of why this happens, but I would hate to deprive his heirs of their copyrightful income by explaining it again here.

What does the num नुम् in the sUtra mean?

Oddly, it means any /anusvAra. It does not mean the augment /num.

So, the /M here does not stop /Natvam —

bRh बृह् + Ana आन → bRMhANa- बृंहाणॱ "making better", "amelioration", "embiggenment"

Strictly speaking, the sUtra should be aT;ku;pv;AG;anusvAra;vyavAye'pi अट्कुॱप्वाङनुस्वारॱव्यवायेऽपि. /pANini sometimes does confusing things to make the sUtras ASHAP.

Why is /AG mentioned in the sUtra? After all, /AG is a vowel, the term /aT' should include it.

/AG is a /pada too, so it should ordinarily stop /Natvam effects across it. Its mention here shows that it doesn't —

/pari + /AG + naddha- नद्धॱ → !**paryANaddha- पर्याणद्धॱ "covered"

nah नह् + /kta → **naddha- नद्धॱ "tied"

See 82034 ८२०३४, 84014 ८४०१४.