तत्पुरुष

Sanskrit

Etymology

From तत् पुरुष (tat púruṣa, “that man”), a classic example of such a compound where "that" is being used to mean "that person's".

Noun

तत्पुरुष • (tatpuruṣa) m

  1. the original or supreme spirit (one of the 5 forms of ईश्वर).
  2. (linguistics, grammar, lexicography) a class of compounds (formed like the word तत्-पुरुष, ‘his servant’) in which the last member is qualified by the first without losing (as the last member of बहु-व्रीहि compounds) its grammatical independence (whether as noun or adj. or p.)
    1. two subdivisions of these compounds are called कर्म-धारय and द्वि-गु (qq.vv.)

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