सन्धिः

Sandhi lab

When two sounds meet, they blend and change. Join words, split them apart, and see the rule behind every change.

First wordSecond word

Inside a single word (as in ने + अनम्)ए/ओ + अ gives ayādi inside a word, pūrvarūpa between two words.

विद्याआलयःविद्यालयः

school (abode of learning)

Two vowels of the same class merge into the long vowel of that class.(अकः सवर्णे दीर्घः (6.1.101))

सवर्णदीर्घसन्धिःSavarṇa-dīrgha (like vowels lengthen)

Two vowels of the same class merge into the long vowel of that class.

अ/आ + अ/आ = आ · इ/ई + इ/ई = ई · उ/ऊ + उ/ऊ = ऊ

Sūtra: अकः सवर्णे दीर्घः (6.1.101)

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