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 in strict alphabetic order (see below). All nouns, whether substantives or adjectives, are given in the stem-form. All verb-forms are placed under the root; prepositional compounds of verbs likewise, and not in the alphabetic place of the preposition. Of verbal adjectives and nouns, some important ones have been given in their alphabetic places, but the meaning of most of them must be learned from their respective roots. Pronouns are given generally in the form of the nominative.

Alphabetic Order. The alphabetic order is that given in § 1, but the following points are to be noticed here: The visarga stands next after the vowels ; but a visarga regarded as equivalent to a sibilant and exchangeable with it has the alphabetic place of that sibilant.

The sign ñ, representing "the anusvâra of more independent origin", has its place before all the mutes etc.; thus dañç and dañsträ stand before dakSa.

The sign m, representing an assimilated m, is placed according to its phonetic value. 1. If M, resulting from the assimilation of m to a semivowel, sibilant, or h, represent a nasal semivowel or anusvâra, then its place is like that of ñ. Thus puMs comes before puNya and saMçaya before sakRt. 2. But if m be the product of to assimilated to a mute, representing ñ, ñ, n, n, or m, then its place is that of the nasal so represented.