Continuing our post on the vowel joining, I would like to cover Elaboration Joining (वृद्धि संधि – Varidhi Sandhi) in this post. This is one of the vowel joining. This joining combines a vowel and diphthong to produce diphthong (संयुक्त स्वर – Sanyukt Svar) in Hindi.

Lets me show you this joining with some examples.

a. अ (a) + ए (ē) = ऐ (ai)
एक (Ek – One) + एक (Ek – One) = एकैक (Ekaik – One to one)

b. अ (a) + ऐ (ai) = ऐ (ai)
मत (Mat – Mind, Vote, Idea) + ऐक्य (Aiky – Communion) = मतैक्य (Mataiky – Consensus)

c. आ (ā) + ए (ē) = ऐ (ai)
सदा (Sadaa – Ever) + एव (Ev – And) = सदैव (Sadaiv – Always)

d. आ (ā) + ऐ (ai) = ऐ (ai)
महा (Maha – Great) + ऐशवर्य (Ishvary – Wealth) = महैश्वर्य (Mahaishvary – Great Wealth)

e. अ (a) + ओ (ō) = औ (au)
परम (Param – Supreme) + ओज (Auj – Force) = परमौज (Paramauj – Supreme Force)

f. अ (a) + औ (au) = औ (au)
वन (Van – Forest) + औषधि (Aushadhi – Medicine) = वनौषधि (Vanaushadhi – Medicine from Forest)

g. आ (ā) + ओ (ō) = औ (au)
महा (Maha – Great) + ओजस्वी  (Aujasvī – Live, Energy) = महौजस्वी (Mahaujasvī – One with great energy)

h. आ (ā) + औ (au) = औ (au)
महा (Maha – Great) + औषध (Aushadh – Medicine) = महौषध (Mahaushadha – Great Medicine)