Sound Synthesis in Indo European Indo Iranian and Sanskrit

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

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44 SOUND SYNTHESIS IN IE, IIR & SANSKRIT
77. Io a few cases r before r is treated like s, through the confusion of hcr & <s, e. g. aho-rātrāņi <ahar + rātrāņi, ūdho-romāśam < údhar+romāśam, Originally both these stems ahar (<IIr ažhar <IE eĝher) and ūdhar (<1Ir ūdhar <IE ūdher) had leteroclitic alternative forms ahan( <llr ažhan<IE eģhen) and ūdhan (<IIr ūd han<IE ūdhen). Skt shows further heteroclitic forms ahas & ūd has, which are back formations respectively from ahah & ūdhaḥ, which in turn have developed from ahar & ūd har.
78. Since Skt h comes from various sources, combination of h with a following sound shows various resultants in Skt. In Skt h is not found as a final sound of any infiected form. It is found as a final sound of roots or radical stems. Therefore combinations, with h as the initial element is attested only in internal sandhi in Skt.
The difference in sandhi treatment is due to the heterogenetic charactor of h; h comes from the following sources in Skt.
(1) h1 <IIr jh<IE ghgoh followed by palatal vowels. (2) ha <IIr žh<IE ĝh (3) h3 (sometimes)<Skt dh<IE/IIr dh
(4) h* (rarely) < Skt bh <IE/Ilr bh 79. htt>gdh(<IIr gdh), (dh<IIr ždh), ddh(<IIr ddh). h(< IIr jh) + + > gdh; e.g. dah t.to- > dagdha- (IIr dha3dhu- u hagi+ta-<IE
dheg"dho- < dheg"h-+-10-). ha(< IIr žh)-+t > dh; e.g. dph +ta- > drdha-( < IIr dhrždha-sdhrzh +-ta, <1B drogodke < decektieFor Private & Personal Use Only