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(b) Gemination of consonants sometimes for metrical reasons or otherwise (= sk. ) 1.1.1. (metri causa); g 1.7.10. (analogical); वित्तक्कि 1.11.1.; अम्मय 1.7.10.; लग्गर 1.10.8.; चलिय 2.2.9; णिहित्त 2.10.4; 3.10.2. ; लिप्पइ 3.4.1.3.4.6.; fa 3.4.18.; 3.16.8.; Ag, a 4.23.3.; nr 8.11.12.; fr 10.1.14. etc.
(c) Against this, we have the instances of sporadic simplification of conjuncts perhaps metri causa.
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(d) Remarkable stray charges of the consonants: Without entering into the further details of classification, some remarkable examples may be cited: पणवाणिज 1.3.3. सरिवाणित (though pk recognises बागि sk पानीयम् ) दुडिक 1.5.6. (sk. दुभिङ) समय 1.7.5. (sk. संस्कृत ) तिरिक्सह 1.103 विमल 1.11.3. विपत्र 1.11.4. (sk. बृहस्पति): पिर्विलो 1.12.1.; जणकम् 2.1.13. जण्णवक्कु 2.1.16 पानें 2.5.4. ; अच्छर 2.1.14. ; फासूय 3.3.13. ; अचंब्भुर 3.14.9; पेल्लिओ 3.16.1.; थी 3.17.10. लायण 3.19.9; फलिह 3.19.3; पइज 3.21.8; बढारइ 3.228; संकारहु 4.7.11 सवक्किए 4.10.11.; उल्लिय 4.17.12. दुइजर 4.9.13.; अचंभउ 4.23.13.; माहप्पें 4.26.11.; अप्पुणु 7.8.13.; पलित्तउ 8.7.12; हियवउ 8.11.5; डंकिय 9.8.4. ; भफर 12 12.7; गिभ 3.3.7; माइ 2.4.3. etc. (d) There are also instances where the consonants are dropped: 10.1.1. 10.2.14.; 11.7.5. etc.
(3) Sandhi :
It is made usually of vowels in contact in a sentence or the members of a compound under metrical strain eg. जामच्छर 1.6.7; तामण्णहि 1.6.7; मावेक्खहि 1.8.5. चूडामणिक् 1.7.6 व 1.12.3 घण्णाई 2.3.2 णेमि 2.4.2 तातार 2.7.7. तुहावे 2.8.2. ; धम्माहम्म 3.8.11.; तामेत्तहि 3.5.6; णोहट्टर 3.11.4; थुक्कारुच्चारणु 3.11.13. ; पोप्पर 3.11.8 4.24.6. किष्ण 5.2.11. वह 5.9.7. etc.
The Stem-formation
The process of the normalisation of endings had begun from the pk.-stage and has continued as vigorously in the ap.-stage. The consonant-endings have been normalised to s-ending. The substantives along with the participle-forms etc. have -ending. The quantity of a final vowel is indecisive in nature e.g. fem.-endings and a are shortened to and but are also retained or even made so metri causa. Even a fem. substantive sk. > ap. 3 is found normalised to fem.-ending or . The -ending in fem. substantives are at times retained or shortened. Sometimes mas. 3-endings are lengthened metri causa or even otherwise to. Thus along with 3, 5, 3 endings in mas. and fem. there are also am, f, endings also.
The lengthening of इ and उ mas endings : णिही 2.3.2.; कली 10.2.9.; गुरू 11.2.3.; मधू 1.12.2. वाई 1.12.4.
The retention of -endings in fem. nouns: 10.2.14.; 1.12.4.; 2.2.9.; णारी 2.10.5; देवी 3.11.6. etc.