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Sandhi Echoes · सन्धिः
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When two words touch, they sing
Hear the two words apart. Then hear them run together — and feel the vowels melt into one. Only after your ear knows it do we name the rule.
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The four ways vowels join · named after you've heard them
savarṇa-dīrgha
like meets like, and lengthens
a+a → ā · i+i → ī · u+u → ū
guṇa
a swallows i or u, becoming e or o
a+i → e · a+u → o
vṛddhi
a meets e or o, and grows to ai or au
a+e → ai · a+o → au
yaṇ
i and u glide into y and v before another vowel
i → y · u → v