Can you do the sandhi-vicchheda of Brahmano ?
OM
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
Last edited by Sahasranama; 22 January 2013 at 01:09 AM.
I have to attend some urgent work. See you after some time. This has been fruitful discussion so far.
OM
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
Like mentioned before, traditionally all words were written and pronounced together in one sentence. Sandhi rules can apply internally within a word when letters change because of other letters within a word and it can change externally, because of letters that follow/ precede from another word.
Even if this is accepted where I have no proof to rely upon but you are talking about joining the words together. I am talking about keeping the words separate after sandhi which is not sandhi at all.
See, sandhi rules can apply only when two words (even one letter-word) create a third word by joining together. It cannot happen that a word is separate and another word too is separate and they keep remaining separate after sandhi. What you are saying about internal sandhi (I am not aware of this terminology being used in Sanskrit Grammar that I have read)... is basically two-words joining where one word is some pratyaya, Upsarga or some vibhakti etc. which joins with the another word to create the "vikaar" in sandhi. "Vikaar" cannot arise when the words are kept separate. In the verse, "Brahman" and "hi" are two different words and if "Brahman" word is changing its form due to sandhi then both should create a new word combining together. Here there is no such combination and yet the "vikaar" of Brahman changing to Brahmano has taken place.Sandhi rules can apply internally within a word when letters change because of other letters within a word and it can change externally, because of letters that follow/ precede from another word.
If there is any other rule known to you, please share.
OM
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
I got this table after a little search on internet :
Declension table of brahman
*********** Singular********Dual********Plural
Nominative brahma brahmaṇī brahmāṇī
Vocative brahma brahmaṇī brahmāṇī
Accusative brahma brahmaṇī brahmāṇī
Instrumental brahmaṇā brahmabhyām brahmabhiḥ
Dative brahmaṇe brahmabhyām brahmabhyaḥ
Ablative brahmaṇaḥ brahmabhyām brahmabhyaḥ
Genitive brahmaṇaḥ brahmaṇoḥ brahmaṇām
Locative brahmaṇi brahmaṇoḥ brahmasu
So, the PrathamA, singular number of Brahman is Brahma and not Brahmaa/BrahmA. Normally, the stem is as near the PrathmA singular number as is used in normal usage. Like AtmA is used as it is in language and hardly anyone uses it as Atman or Atma.
Anyway, it was not our part of discussion. I am unable to see how sandhi can occur without words joining together.
OM
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
Stems ending in "-a" are not declined the same as stems ending in "-an." Look at any standard Sanskrit textbook for the proof you desire. Thus, "devasya" is a legitimate Sanskrit construction but "brahamaNasya" is not. They follow different declension paradigms. "deva" and "ashva" follow the same declension paradigm, but words like "brahman" and "Atman" follow a different one.
Because of sandhi rules, "brahmaNas" or "brahmaNaH" (the genitive/sixth vibhakti of "brahman") became "brahmaNo" before "hi." Again, check any standard Sanskrit text.
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