Sanskrit Samasa Panini Prakriya

Compound words are frequently seen in Sanskrit Vedanta and Upanishad texts. These are condensed sentences, nay entire paragraphs of subtle wisdom.



2.1.4 ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿ With a word ending in a case-affix.

In this sutra the word ¿¿ is implicit, so it consists of three words, ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿

¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ a case-inflected word may be compounded with a word with which it is connected in sense. To put it another way, a join of two words that are somehow meaningfully related.¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ a case-inflected word is compounded with another sup-inflected word, i.e. compounding a tinganta/subanta pada with a subantam padam.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4 Types of VisheshaSamasa = AvyayiBhava TatPurusha Bahuvrihi Dvandva



The VisheshaSamasa compound word has the four major types.

• I. TatPurusha, i.e. ThatBeing

• II. Bahuvrihi, i.e. ManyTypes/Indeterminate

• III. Dvandva, i.e. Noun word joins having equal or similar importance

• IV. AvyayiBhava, i.e. that which is an Indeclinable

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Concise discussion of Sanskrit Grammar Samasa = Compound Words. Gives relevant Ashtadhyayi Sutras.