Tatpurusha
In Sanskrit grammar a compound is a dependent determinative compound, i.e. a compound XY meaning a type of Y which is related to X in a way corresponding to one of the grammatical cases of X.
There are many tatpuruṣas ; in a, one component is related to another. For example, "boathouse" is a dative compound, a house for a boat. It would be called a '. The most frequent kind is the genitive. Examples are:-
- jaya-prepsu = "victory-desiring".
- varṣa-bhogya = "year - going to be enjoyed" = "to be enjoyed for a year".
- deva-datta = "god-given" = "given by the gods".
- ' = "Vishnu-offering" = "offering to Vishnu".
- svarga-patita = "heaven-fallen" = "fallen from heaven".
- ' = "that-man" in the sense of "that person's man".
- vyāghra-buddhi = "tiger-thought" = "thought of it being a tiger".
- yajur-veda = "sacrifice-knowledge" = "the knowledge of sacrifice", and the name of part of the Vedas.
- ' = ' = "Rudra-eye" = "the eye of Rudra".
- raja-putra = "king-son" = "son of a king".
- gṛha-jata = "house-born" = "born in the house".
- pūrvāhṇa-kṛta = "morning-done" = "done in the morning".
The word "tatpuruṣa" is an example of the type: see in the list above.
