A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v1.c6.7

v1.c6.7

*a.* In Tatsamas, as कमल, कन्या, गृहस्थ, गिरि, चकोर, चन्दन, जीवन, तूरी, मान, मेघ, सिन्दूर, रुचि, हार. Here are instances of tenues, mediæ, semivowels, nasals, sibilants, and ह. In fact, from the very nature of Tatsamas, which are words in their pure Sanskrit form, it follows that no change can have taken place, otherwise they would cease to be Tatsamas.