A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v1.c6.89

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On the other hand, the consonant is retained in a number of words derived from Sanskrit causals because the accent is on the first vowel of the causal characteristic: *bhedáyati*, *ropáyati*, *mápáyati*, form *bhejnâ*, *ropnâ*, *mâpnâ*. In the causal verbs which retain still a causal signification, the causal characteristic appears as long *â*, as in *chalâna*; in the above verbs it does not appear, though it leaves its mark behind in the retention of the consonant, which would otherwise be rejected, because preceded by a long vowel. Compare *ronâ*, from *rodanam*, with *ropnâ*, from *ropáy-*; also *chhânâ*, from *chhâdanam*, with *bâjnâ*, from *vâdáy-*.