A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v1.c4.30

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Tatsamas are those words which are used in the modern languages in exactly the same form as they wear in Sanskrit, such as दर्शन, राजा, कवि. The only change which these words have undergone is that in pronunciation; the final ah, am, of the Sanskrit masculine and neuter are rejected, and we hear darshan, nimantran, for darśanam, nimantraṇam.