[Y-Indology] Short explanation of sandhi

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On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, deshpandem wrote:

 

> precisely what Sandhi is. Written Sanskrit is a close mirroring of

> the spoken state of affairs, rather than words with gaps.

 

My reading in Sanskrit is not wide enough for me to know if there are

variations in sandhi to reflect different circumstances of utterance, such

as haste, exhaustion, languor, and so on? This is the sort of technical

challenge that would have appealed to the kavis; on the other hand, it

would have been impossible, I guess, since the kavis bound themselves

inflexibly to paaNini.

 

P. Ernest