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naz chavy aprazAn

नश्छव्यप्रशान् ONPANINI 83007

Replace padafinal n न् with Ms ंस् before a /chav, but not before ts त्स्, but not the n न् of prazAn प्रशान्.

This translation is incomplete. See the full translation below, after the examples.

**hanumAn हनुमान् + **tiSThati तिष्ठति
→ !**hanumAMstiSThati हनुमांस्तिष्ठति "hanumAn is standing"

**hasan हसन् + **chinatti छिनत्ति
→ hasaMs chinatti हसंस्छिनत्ति by this rule
→ hasaMz chinatti हसंश्छिनत्ति by stozzcunAzcuH
→ !**hasaMzchinatti हसंश्छिनत्ति "cuts off smilingly"

viprAn विप्रान् + TIkAm टीकाम् + upadizati उपदिशति
→ viprAMs TIkAm upadizati विप्रांस्टीकामुपदिशति by this rule
→ viprAMS TIkAm upadizati विप्रांष्टीकामुपदिशति by STunASTuH
→ viprAMS TIkAm upadizati विप्रांष्टीकामुपदिशति, "teaches the priests the subcommentary"

Why do we say "not before ts त्स्"?

bhavAn tsarukaH भवान्त्सरुकः "you are good with a swords", avoiding Msts ंस्त्स्

Why do we say "not prazAn प्रशान्"?

This prazAn प्रशान् nounbase comes from root zam शम् "be calm"; the m म् has been replaced with n न्.

prazAn tanoti प्रशान्तनोति "spreads it calmly", as if it were from *prazAm + **tanoti तनोति.

What's the ORIGINAL wording of this rule?

Here —

Before a /chav (followed by an /am') turn padafinal n न् (into /ru), but not the n न् of prazAn प्रशान्.

This means that my translation above is incomplete because the original rule allows two options. See —

hanumAn हनुमान् + tiSThati तिष्ठति
→ hanumA हनुमा + /ru + tiSThati तिष्ठति by the ORIGINAL rule
→ hanumA~ हनुमाँ + /ru + tiSThati तिष्ठति by <<<<< atrAnunAs...
→ hanumA~ हनुमाँ + s स् + tiSThati तिष्ठति by kharavasAn... 8>
→ !**hanumA~stiSThati हनुमाँस्तिष्ठति

hanumAn हनुमान् + tiSThati तिष्ठति
→ **hanumA~stiSThati हनुमाँस्तिष्ठति, same steps
→ **hanumAMstiSThati हनुमांस्तिष्ठति optionally by <<< anunAsik....

Yet, if you trust printed Sanskrit, you will see that these are invariably spelled as AMs आंस् and never A~s आँस्, so optional rule <<< anunAsik... appears to be compulsory, even though the pronunciation A~s आँस् is perfectly PC. There are two reasons to do spell like this. One is that this is a free variant; wherever you see AMs आंस् spelled you are allowed to read it aloud as A~Ms आँंस् if you like. Second, the /candrabindu symbol is sort of hard to make, both in typography and in computer keyboards.