तत्पुरुष

Sanskrit edit

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Etymology edit

From तत् पुरुष (tat púruṣa, “that man”), a classic example of such a compound where "that" is being used to mean "that person's".

Noun edit

तत्पुरुष • (tatpuruṣa) stem, m

the original or supreme spirit (one of the 5 forms of ईश्वर)
(linguistics, grammar, lexicography) a class of compounds (formed like the word तत्-पुरुष, ‘his servant’) in which the last member is qualified by the first without losing (as the last member of बहु-व्रीहि compounds) its grammatical independence (whether as noun or adj. or p.)
1. two subdivisions of these compounds are called कर्म-धारय and द्वि-गु (qq.vv.)

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of तत्पुरुष (tatpuruṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तत्पुरुषः tatpuruṣaḥ	तत्पुरुषौ / तत्पुरुषा¹ tatpuruṣau / tatpuruṣā¹	तत्पुरुषाः / तत्पुरुषासः¹ tatpuruṣāḥ / tatpuruṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	तत्पुरुष tatpuruṣa	तत्पुरुषौ / तत्पुरुषा¹ tatpuruṣau / tatpuruṣā¹	तत्पुरुषाः / तत्पुरुषासः¹ tatpuruṣāḥ / tatpuruṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	तत्पुरुषम् tatpuruṣam	तत्पुरुषौ / तत्पुरुषा¹ tatpuruṣau / tatpuruṣā¹	तत्पुरुषान् tatpuruṣān
Instrumental	तत्पुरुषेण tatpuruṣeṇa	तत्पुरुषाभ्याम् tatpuruṣābhyām	तत्पुरुषैः / तत्पुरुषेभिः¹ tatpuruṣaiḥ / tatpuruṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	तत्पुरुषाय tatpuruṣāya	तत्पुरुषाभ्याम् tatpuruṣābhyām	तत्पुरुषेभ्यः tatpuruṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	तत्पुरुषात् tatpuruṣāt	तत्पुरुषाभ्याम् tatpuruṣābhyām	तत्पुरुषेभ्यः tatpuruṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	तत्पुरुषस्य tatpuruṣasya	तत्पुरुषयोः tatpuruṣayoḥ	तत्पुरुषाणाम् tatpuruṣāṇām
Locative	तत्पुरुषे tatpuruṣe	तत्पुरुषयोः tatpuruṣayoḥ	तत्पुरुषेषु tatpuruṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants edit

→ English: tatpuruṣa
→ Telugu: తత్పురుషము (tatpuruṣamu)