[There is separation with an “avagraha” in the Padapāṭha] after [a base ending in] a vowel, before a “y”-initial desire-expressing [affix], in verbal nouns, derivatives in the sens of ʻthinks of oneself like x,ʼ and agent nouns in the sens of ʻdesirous of doing xʼ. (p. 527) - Deshpande (1997)