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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Tadguṇasaṃvijñāna (तद्गुणसंविज्ञान).—lit. connection with what is denoted by the constituent members; the word refers to a kind of Bahuvrihi compound where the object denoted by the compound includes also what is denoted by the constituent members of the compound; e g. the compound word सर्वादि (sarvādi) in the rule सर्वादीनि सर्वनामानि (sarvādīni sarvanāmāni) includes the word सर्व (sarva) among the words विश्व, उभय (viśva, ubhaya) and others, which alone form the अन्यपदार्थ (anyapadārtha) or the external thing and not merely the external object as mentioned in Panini's rule अनेकमन्य-मपदार्थे (anekamanya-mapadārthe) (P.II. 2. 24): cf. भवति बहुर्वीहौ तद्गुणसंविज्ञानमपि । तद्यथा । चित्रवाससमानय। लोहितोष्णीषा ऋत्विजः प्रचरन्ति । तद्गुण आनीयते तद्गुणाश्च प्रचरन्ति (bhavati bahurvīhau tadguṇasaṃvijñānamapi | tadyathā | citravāsasamānaya| lohitoṣṇīṣā ṛtvijaḥ pracaranti | tadguṇa ānīyate tadguṇāśca pracaranti) M.Bh. on I.1.27. For details cf. Mahabhasya on P.1.1.27 as also Par. Sek. Pari. 77.

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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

Tadguṇasaṃvijñāna (तद्गुणसंविज्ञान):—[=tad-guṇa-saṃvijñāna] [from tad-guṇa > tad > tat] n. (a Bahuvrīhi compound) in which the qualities implied are perceived along with the thing itself (e.g. dīrghakarṇa, ‘long-ear’; opposed to a- e.g. dṛṣṭasāgara, ‘one who has seen the ocean’), [Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahma-sūtra i, 1, 2 [Scholiast or Commentator]; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]

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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: Samvijnana, Tadguna.

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