Re: Sarat chandra

K. Sadananda (sadananda@anvil.nrl.navy.mil)
Fri, 24 Nov 95 12:17:28 -0600

> Among so many beliefs posted regarding the word Sarat chandra, the
> following is mine.
>
> It is Sarat, not Sarah.
>
> Sarat + chandra --> Sarachchandra
>
> Similar cases are
>
> viyat + chara --> viyachchara
> tvat + charaNa --> tvachcharaNa
> sat + charitrulu --> sachcharitrulu
>
> Bachoti Sridhara Rao

In sanskrit there is a sandhi called shchutva sandhi - applicable in telugu too
- the name of the sandhi might have got lost in my transiliteration -

It says: stos shcunas shchuhu -
sa ta vargamulaku sacha vargamula paramaina sha cha vargamulaguta - so sarat +
chandra - ta kaara munaku cha kaaramu para maina cha kaaramaguta -
Sadaananda

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