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Outline · Prakaraṇa 7

स्वादिसन्धिप्रकरणम्

svādi-sandhi — outline (p07, SK 162–177, all 16 sūtras)

Covers SK 162–177 (16 sūtras): all present.

Organizing thread: a pada-final s (or the final of sajuṣ) first becomes ru by sasajuṣo ruḥ; the prakaraṇa then tracks what that ru / repha does next — turning to u, to y, dropping, or reappearing as a plain r — depending on what follows.

A. ru → u (the u-fate): after short a, before a vowel or a voiced consonant — running example: śivas → śivo'tra / śivo vandyaḥ

B. ru → y, and the y/v that then drops (the y-fate) — running example: devāḥ → devā iha, and the bho / bhago / agho particles

C. the repha-fate: ru surfacing as a plain r, and the cleanup it triggers — running example: manas + ratha → manorathaḥ

D. the su-fate: dropping the nominative-sg su (the s that would have become ru) — running example: eṣas / sas