s;toz z;cunA z;cuH

स्तोः श्चुना श्चुः ONPANINI 84040

Replace /stu near /zcu with /zcu.

Or —

Near /zcu, replace —
s स् with z श्
t त् with c च्
th थ् with ch छ्
d द् with j ज्
dh ध् with jh झ्
and n न् with J ञ्.

Examples of s स् → z श् —

namas नमस् + zivAya शिवाय
→ namas नमस् + zivAya शिवाय by sasajuSoruH and kharavasAn... and visarjanIy...
→ **namazzivAya नमःशिवाय by STunASTuH >

**gurus गुरुस् + **zete शेते
→ !**guruzzete गुरुःशेते "teacher sleeps", same steps.

of t त् → c च् —

napuMsakAt नपुंसकात् + /ca → napuMsakAcca

tad तद् + ca च
→ taj तज् + ca च by this rule
→ tac तच् + ca च by kharica 15>
→ !**tacca तच्च "and it"

tad तद् + zakyam शक्यम्
→ taczakyam तच्शक्यम् same steps as **tacca तच्च
→ tacchakyam तच्छक्यम् optionally by zazchoTi
→ !**tacchakyam तच्छक्यम् "it is possible"

of d द् → j ज् —

tad तद् + janma जन्म
→ taj तज् + janma जन्म by this rule
→ tajjanma तज्जन्म "that birth"

of n न् → J ञ् —

zArGgin शार्ङ्गिन् + jaya जय → zArGgiJjaya शार्ङ्गिञ्जय "be victorious, O horned one!"

tAn तान् + zapati शपति
→ !**tAJzapati ताञ्शपति by this rule (but see also **tAJchapati ताञ्छपति)

Why do we say "near" and not "before"?

It works after j ज् too —

rAjan- राजन् + /Gas → rAjn- राज्न् + /Gas by alloponaH → rAjJ- राज्ञ् + /Gas by this rule → **rAjJas राज्ञस् "of king"

rAjan- राजन् + /Gas
→ rAjan राजन् + as अस्
→ rAjnas राज्नस् by alloponaH
→ rAjJas राज्ञस् "king's"

However, this rule does not work after z श्, because of the exception zAt >>>>, so we say prazna- प्रश्नॱ with n न्, not J ञ्.

I never heard anything like your "namazzivAya". My yoga teacher taught me to say "on namahA zivAya", does /pANini allow that?

No, he does not alow that.

But rule vAzari वाशरि says that using a visarjanIya विसर्जनीय instead of z श् is fine there.

Indeed a visarjanIya विसर्जनीय is allowed there, but the word visarjanIya विसर्जनीय when pAnini uses it means a hiss sound. Your "hA" after ziva शिव is never allowed by pANini पाणिनि.

pada-vyavAye 'pi <<	84040 s;toz z;cunA z;cuH	> S;TunA S;TuH
Rty akaH <<<	L 76	>>> zAt