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@spelling of hanumAMstiSThati

Rule nazchavyapraz... allows you to say either —

**hanumAMstiSThati हनुमांस्तिष्ठति

or

hanumA~stiSThati हनुमाँस्तिष्ठति.

Yet, it is always spelled **hanumAMstiSThati हनुमांस्तिष्ठति. Either by laziness or by lack of a /candrabindu movable type.

Wait, I thought that AM आं and A~ आँ are just different ways of spelling the same sound. I read somewhere that an M ं written above a vowel shows that the vowel is nasalized, like those French vowels, is that not right?

I read that in some Western gramars too, but it is not right.

Sound AM आं is an A आ followed by a hum. Sound A~ आँ is an A आ with simultaneous noseleak.

The A~ आँ sound is more often that not misprinted as AM आं by laziness or by lack of a /candrabindu movable type.