Pali Literature and Language c7.s1.t13.8

c7.s1.t13.8

§ 50. There should further be mentioned the groups consisting of a sibilant followed by a nasal. As in Pkr.,⁵ so in Pāli too, there takes place in these cases, as a rule, metathesis with concomitant mutation of the sibilant into *h*. Frequently there are found parallel forms with svarabhakti which took place in some cases already in the original sound-group and in some cases after metathesis and mutation of *s* into *h*. 1. *śn* becomes *ñh* (Pkr. *ṇh*): *pañha* (AMāg. *paṇha*) ‘question,’