[XeTeX] avagraha+anusvara ligature in devanagari

[François Patte]

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Le 27/08/2014 08:20, Yves Codet a écrit :
> Bonjour.
> 
> Should not the anuswâra be over the o in such a case?

No, I don't think so: it a sandhi rule: one word ended by aḥ gives o
if the following word begins by a voiced letter, in case of this
letter is a "a", it is dropped and replace by an avagraha so:

छेदः अंशः becomes चेदो ऽंशः and it will not be correct if the anusvara
would be on the "o".


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