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 b. An or  is changed to : examples are.

c. An is added after a final consonant, and sometimes after an -vowel or a diphthong (compare 399): examples are ; ; ; ; ; ;.

d. More sporadic and anomalous cases are such as: (-),  (-),  (-),  (-),  (-),  (-).

1316. In the looseness of unlimited and fortuitous combination, especially in the later language, it is by no means rare that a word in composition has an independent word in the sentence depending upon or qualifying it alone, rather than the compound of which it forms a part.

a. Examples are: (RV.) desirous of all-enjoyable wealth;  (RV.) causing relief from distress;  (RV.) in great contest and in small;  (AÇS.) desiring superiority over his fellows;  (AGS.) Brahmans endowed with learning, character, and behavior, or with one [of the three];  (MBh.) a girl disturbing the minds even of the gods;  (R.) at the words of both Vasishtha and Rishyaçringa,  (M.) in case of stealing ploughing implements or weapons or medicament;  (H.) moving in the midst of the stars;  (M.) a wooden and an earthen vessel;  (Ç.) with eye fixed on the chariot;  (KSS.) dead and hanging upon it.