| From: | Jamie Norrish <jamie@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 18, 2007, 6:44 |
Shreyas Sampat writes: > I'm not sure what an avagraha does. It is used, in Sanskrit at least, to separate words where the initial "a" (long or short) has dropped or combined with a vowel in the preceding word (through sandhi rules). So, for example, काकः + अयम् becomes फाफो ऽयम् (if that comes out okay). Jamie