Dear Mr Kasturi Rangan, Anyone who has a knowledge of Telugu/Kannada/Hindi will let you know that your stand on this issue is incorrect. > > > > 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. Good. What are the sandhis allowed in the above mantra and what are the sandhis that are disallowed? > 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'; There is no such laxity for brahmins in major part of India. >Onece this laxity takes place, the next phase of this is > further laxity which causes the Jashtva sandhi shift > of 'bh' .to 'p'. You are re-writing jaStva sandhi, to justify one simple mistake committed by you. That is not neither sanskrit nor samskAram, my dear friend! Can you explian what is jaStva sandhi according to you, and with a few more exmaples? Ramanuja Dasan Vishnu
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