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/rAjan- / राजन्

The nounbase

/rAjan- m "king"

is a masculine that ends in an अन्.

Explained fast, this base has five forms —

**rAjan' राजन्ऽ with /sambuddhi

he rAjan हे राजन्

**rAjA राजा with normal /su

AsId rAjA nalo nAma आसीद्राजा नलो नाम

rAjAn- राजान् before other strong,

**rAjAnau राजानौ
**rAjAnas राजानस्

rAjJ- राज्ञ् when whimpy, that is, before an affix that starts with vowel or y य्

**rAjJas राज्ञस्
**rAjJA राज्ञा

rAja- राजॱ when /pada, that is, when before no affix,

rAjaputra- राजपुत्रॱ "king-son, prince"

and when before a non-strong non-whimpy affix —

**rAjabhis राजभिस्

/rAjan- + /su → **rAjasu राजसु

The rAjJ राज्ञ् form comes from deleting the a अ of rAjan राजन्.

Now the exceptions.

Some forms:

As in all masculine an अन् bases, there is an अन् before /sambuddhi,

he हे **rAjan' राजन्ऽ

A आ before the normal /su,

**rAjA राजा

An आन् before the other strongs,

**rAjAnau राजानौ **rAjAnas राजानस्

**rAjAnam राजानम्

and elsewhere a अ before consonants

**rAjabhyAm राजभ्याम् **rAjabhis राजभिस्

and n न् before vowels —

**rAjJas राज्ञस्

**rAjJA राज्ञा