-- D -- euphonic consonant inserted to avoid hiatus: (a) orig. only sandhi -- cons. in forms ending in t & d (like tāvat, kocid, etc.) & thus restored in cpds. where the simplex has lost it; (b) then also transferred to & replacing other sandhi -- cons. (like puna -- d -- eva for punar eva). <-> (a) dvipa -- d -- uttama Sn 995; koci -- d -- eva PvA 153; kincid -- eva ibid. 70; tāva -- d -- eva ib. 74; yāva -- d -- atthaŋ ib. 217; ahu -- d -- eva Miln 22 etc. -- (b) puna -- d -- eva Pv ii.113 (v. l. BB); DhA ii.76; samma -- d -- eva Sn p. 16; VvA 148; PvA 66 etc.; cp. SnA 284. bahu -- d -- eva J i.170.

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