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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Uktapuṃska (उक्तपुंस्क).—A word with its meaning (in the neuter gender) unchanged when used in the masculine gender; generally an adjectival word; cf, Cāndra Vyāk. I.4.30.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Uktapuṃska (उक्तपुंस्क).—a word (feminine or neuter) of which also a masculine exists, and the meaning of which differs from that of the masculine only by the notion of gender.

Derivable forms: uktapuṃskaḥ (उक्तपुंस्कः).

Uktapuṃska is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ukta and puṃska (पुंस्क).

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

Uktapuṃska (उक्तपुंस्क):—[=ukta-puṃska] [from ukta] a (feminine or neuter) word of which also a masculine is mentioned or exists (and whose meaning only differs from that of the masculine by the notion of gender; e.g. the word gaṅgā is not ukta-puṃska, whereas such words as śubhra and grāma-ṇī are so; cf. bhāṣita-puṃska), [Vopadeva iv, 8.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Uktapumska in German

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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: Ukta, Pumska.

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Full-text: Bhashitapumska.

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