derived words on the next page, observe the change of the first vowel from Bu- to Bo- (e.g. Bodha), and on the following page to Bau- (e.g. Bauddha), before the next word in devanagarT script (^V)- There are two points to appreciate here: firstly, remembering the two levels of alphabetical order, note that there can be several pages between devanagarT entry words; and secondly, note the strengthening of the dhatu vowel of the entry words from Bu- through Bo- to Bau at this stage just note that they are the guna and vrddhi forms — the significance of this will be explained later. Now return to page 733, to the entry Buddha in the middle of column two. Three inches (75 mm) below this is -kapalinT in bold type: find this. This means that -kapalinT is appended to the entry word Buddha so as to form the samasa BuddhakapalinT. Similarly, following -kapalinT, the next word in bold type is -kalpa, forming the samasa Buddhakalpa. The rest of the column has several more such words in bold type and each beginning with a hyphen (and the hyphen is not irrelevant, but more of that later): observe that these words or listed in alphabetical order. This is the third level of alphabetical order: samasa beginning with the entry word (which may be in Roman type or devanagarT) are listed within the body of the paragraph for that entry in alphabetical order. This third level may be viewed as an extension of the second level, where the leading hyphen is mentally replaced by the entry word. Continuing at this level, note that in the third column (about three inches (80 mm) down) is Buddhagama: the caret ( ) above the vowel indicates that it is long (dTrgha) — it conveys more information in fact, as will be explained later. Buddhagama and subsequent samasa are spelled out in full because, due to the rules of vowel sandhi, the final a of buddha is changed: thus, in strict alphabetical order, Buddhagama (with dTrgha a) follows after the previous samasa -sena, i.e. Buddhasena (with hrasva a). Work through these samasa until satisfied that they are in fact in alphabetical order. The next entry word is Buddhaka, which returns to the second level of alphabetical order: the point to note here, is that a samasa like Buddhagama is before it, and thus out of sequence as far as the second level in concerned. Thus these samasa sub-entries are truly a third level of alphabetical order. Return to the second column, and find the fourth samasa entry -kshetra (about 2tj inches (60 mm) from the bottom). The next line contains the word (in light italic type) -parisodhaka, and similarly in the line below that, is -vara-locana. These form
