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Dear Shri VishNu sharman,

I would without hesitation accept if I am wrong. OTOH, I do not have 
to simply accept a variant suggestion from an internet forum, when 
all my sanskrit originals and english translations say otherwise. I 
checked chanda sUtra of Pingala as well as Monier-williams. I 
consulted two scholars - a vedic scholar and a sanskrit professor of 
Hindu university who were kind enough to explain things. Seems your 
sanskrit teacher owes you a refund.

eg:
> > triShTubgAyatryuShNikanuShtubjagati ...
> 
> The last line is not fool-proof. It has to be 
> triShTubgAyatryuShNiganuShtubjagati....

Well, now you want to re-write tarpaNa mantras of atharva-vedins? The 
vedic scholar gave the exception to the sandhi-rule. 

<Disclaimer: For those still interested...>
Excerpt from the reply from the sanskrit professor:
"..The declension of words ending in the 'Halant vyanjanas' is not a 
common love topic of general sanskrit readers. However, the 
grammar rules provide the rules for processing every halant vyanjana 
ending, in all the three geneders.

In this specific case, the word 'TrishtuBh' is Halant 'Bh' ending 
word. A similar word 'kakuBh' meaning 'Directions' is a 'Bh' ending 
in feminine gender.

Due to the laxity in pronunciation, the 'Bh' is pronounced as 'soft 
'bh'; Onece this laxity takes place, the next phase of this is 
further laxity which causes the Jashtva sandhi shift of 'bh' to 'p'.

Incidentally the Prathama vibhakti - ekavachana declension form of 
TrishtuBh (base word-pratipadika) - is 'Trishtup' ( with a 'p' 
ending).

Following the rule that the processed words only should be used in 
sanskrit sentence, the usage form of 'Trishtup' as seen in 'antyaa 
trishtup chandah'is justified.

Similarly for 'Anushtup chandah'. 'AnushtuBh' is the base word; 
Anushtup is the prathama vibhakti-ekavachana form.

Thanks for asking a good question which made me look in to the remote
sections of the grammar rule book...."

Regards,
KK

P.S.
Well, my humble suggestion - any further issues should be taken off-
line, as it has already deviated far from the central scope of the 
list - SV dharma.







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