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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Madhyamapadalopa (मध्यमपदलोप).—lit. the dropping of the middle word or member (of a compound generally) as for instance in शाकपार्थिक (śākapārthika) for शाकप्रियपार्थिव (śākapriyapārthiva); the word मध्यमपदलोप (madhyamapadalopa) is also used in the sense of a compound. The compounds which have the middle word dropped are enumerated by the Vārttikakāra under the Vārttika शाकपार्थिवा-दीनां मध्यमपदलेपश्च (śākapārthivā-dīnāṃ madhyamapadalepaśca) Bh. Vṛ. II.1.60 Vārt.; cf also Kāt. II.6.30.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Madhyamapadalopa (मध्यमपदलोप):—[=madhyama-pada-lopa] [from madhyama-pada > madhyama > madhya] m. the omission of the middle member of a compound (as in, śāka-pārthiva, the king of the era, for sākapriya-pārthiva, the king dear to the era), [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti v, 2, 16]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Lopa, Madhyamapada.

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