Sound Synthesis in Indo European Indo Iranian and Sanskrit

Author(s): Satya Swarup Mishra
Publisher: Ashutosh Prakashan Sansthan

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30 SOUND SYNTHESIS IN IE, IIR & SANSKRIT
reconstructs Av jaymyah as the strong form for perfect participle of vgam cp Skt jag anvas (Vide Bartholomae p. 602 & Brugmann Vol I p. 168). 35, IE m + > Ilr mar (= pasalisation of the preceding vowel +r) in external sandhi, cp Skt mr (61 below) & Av F; e,g. IIr ram+ram>IIr ram-ram-> Skt ram-ram-8' (as in
ram-ramiti, Av rą-ram (as in raramá). 35a. Avestan shows internal sandhi form nr <IE mr; cp Av dvanara- <Ilr dhyāmra (vide Misra : Avestan, Hist & Comp. Gram. p. 17), but Skt retains mr in such forms 0.g. Skt nam-ra-. Therefore it is likely that IĮr retained IE mr in internal sandhi. 8. The reduplicated syllable was treated like a prefix, as
for as sound-synthesis is concerned.