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@headless relative clause

This is a sentence —

bhASati kukkuraH भाषति कुक्कुरः "a dog barks"

this is a relative clause —

bhASati yaH kukkuraH भाषति यः कुक्कुरः "the dog that barks"

this is a headless relative clause —

bhASati yaH भाषति यः "the one that barks"

This is a sentence where bugs carry second —

matkuNAn khadati kukkuraH मत्कुणान्खदति कुक्कुरः "the dog eats bugs"

these are relative clauses —

matkuNAn khadati yaH kukkuraH मत्कुणान्खदति यः कुक्कुरः "the dog that eats bugs"

matkuNAn yAn khadati kukkuraH मत्कुणान्यान्खदति कुक्कुरः "the bugs the dog eats"

these are headless relative clauses —

matkuNAn khadati yaH मत्कुणान्खदति यः "the one that eats bugs"

yAn khadati kukkuraH यान्खदति कुक्कुरः "the ones the dog eats"

Must the /yad- always be next to the word it linksto, as in yAn matkuNAn यान्मत्कुणान्, kukkuro yaH कुक्कुरो यः?

No, it can be placed anywhere in the /yad sentence —

yAn khadati kukkuraH यान्खदति कुक्कुरः "the ones the dog eats"

khadati yAn kukkuraH खदति यान्कुक्कुरः "the ones the dog eats"

khadati kukkuro yAn खदति कुक्कुरो यान् "the ones the dog eats"