# ḥ VISARGA SANDHI vowel before ḥ + vowel/voiced consonant = r गणपतिः अवतु gaṇapatiḥ avatu गणपतिरवतु gaṇapatiravatu गुरुः ब्रह्या guruḥ brahyā गुरुर्ब्रह्या gururbrahyā saḥ (that, he) & eṣaḥ (this, he) > before consonants, they don’t follow sandhi. It can be dropped if you’d like. > before vowels, they follow the rules. aḥ-consonant (soft) o-consonant (soft) aḥ-g aḥ-gh aḥ-j aḥ-jh aḥ-ḍ aḥ-d. *NOT DH THOU? aḥ-n aḥ-ṇ? aḥ-ṅ? aḥ-ñ? aḥ-l aḥ-vowel (except a) a-vowel (except a) aḥ-a o-’ āḥ-vowel/consonant (voiced) āḥ-d = ā-d āḥ-v = ā-v ḥ dropped, no recombination नराः अटन्ति narāḥ aṭanti नरा अटन्ति narā aṭanti aḥ-h = o??? āḥ-bh —> ā-bh aḥ-consonant (voiced) o-consonant (voiced) ḥ-consonant (voiced) ḥ-consonant (unvoiced) ḥ-ka/kha remains janāḥ ca = jacāśca ḥ-ś=śś ḥ-ca ḥ-cha ś śca ścha ḥ-ṣ ḥ-ṭ ḥ-ṭh ṣ ṣṭ ṣṭh ḥ-s ḥ-t ḥ-th āḥ-t s st sth st aḥ-consonant (unvoiced)