Manusmriti

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आयुष्मान् भव सौम्यैति वाच्यो विप्रोऽभिवादने । अकारश्चास्य नाम्नोऽन्ते वाच्यः पूर्वाक्षरः प्लुतः ॥ १२५ ॥

A Brahmana should thus be saluted in return, ’May’st thou be long-lived, O gentle one!’and the vowel ’a’ must be added at the end of the name (of the person addressed), the syllable preceding it being drawn out to the length of three moras.

english translation

AyuSmAn bhava saumyaiti vAcyo vipro'bhivAdane | akArazcAsya nAmno'nte vAcyaH pUrvAkSaraH plutaH || 125 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript