Svapadartha, Svapadārtha: 1 definition

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

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Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Svapadārtha (स्वपदार्थ).—Meaning of one's own, as possessed by a word. In many compounds especially in the Bahuvrihi compounds the meaning expressed by the compound word is quite different from the one expressed by the constituent words; cf. स्वपदार्थे कर्मधारयः । अन्यपदार्थे बहुव्रीहिः । (svapadārthe karmadhārayaḥ | anyapadārthe bahuvrīhiḥ |) M. Bh. on P. II. 1. 69.

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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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