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तत्पुरुष
तत्पुरुष
Sanskrit
Noun
तत्पुरुष • (tatpuruṣa) m
- the original or supreme spirit (one of the 5 forms of ईश्वर).
- 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.)
- two subdivisions of these compounds are called कर्म-धारय and द्वि-गु (qq.vv.)
Descendants
- Telugu: తత్పురుషము (tatpuruṣamu)