Sanskrit Samasa Panini Prakriya: Concise and Lucid with Examples

Compound words are frequently seen in Sanskrit Vedanta and Upanishad texts. These are condensed sentences, nay entire paragraphs of subtle wisdom.

2.1.4 सह सुपा । With a word ending in a case-affix.

In this sutra the word अय is implicit, so it consists of three words, सुप् सह सुपा ।

• सह सुप् समस्यते समर्थेन a case-inflected word may be compounded with a word with which it is connected in sense. To put it another way, a join of two words that are somehow meaningfully related.
• सुपा सह समस्यते a case-inflected word is compounded with another sup-inflected word, i.e. compounding a tinganta/subanta pada with a subantam padam.

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4 Types of VisheshaSamasa = AvyayiBhava TatPurusha Bahuvrihi Dvandva

The VisheshaSamasa compound word has the four major types.

- I. TatPurusha, i.e. ThatBeing

- II. Bahuvrihi, i.e. ManyTypes/Indeterminate

- III. Dvandva, i.e. Noun word joins having equal or similar importance

- IV. AvyayiBhava, i.e. that which is an Indeclinable

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Concise discussion of Sanskrit Grammar Samasa = Compound Words. Gives relevant Ashtadhyayi Sutras.