Samasanta, Samāsānta: 4 definitions
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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarSamāsānta (समासान्त).—Secondary suffixes which are prescribed at the end of compounds in specific cases and which are looked upon as taddhita affixes; e.g.the Samasanta डच् (ḍac) (अ), causing elision of the last syllable of the compound word, is added to compounds called संख्याबहुव्रीहि (saṃkhyābahuvrīhi); e.g. उपदशाः,पञ्चषाः (upadaśāḥ, pañcaṣāḥ) etc. P.V.4.73. Samasanta अ (a) is added to compounds ending with ऋच्,पुर, अप् (ṛc, pura, ap), and धुर (dhura),and अच् (ac) to words ending with सामन्, लोमन्, अक्षन्, चतुर् पुंस्, अनडुह्, मनस्, वर्चस्, तमस्, श्रेयस्, रहस्, उरस्, गो, तावत्, अध्वन् (sāman, loman, akṣan, catur puṃs, anaḍuh, manas, varcas, tamas, śreyas, rahas, uras, go, tāvat, adhvan), etc ;under specific conditions; cf. P.V.4.68 to 86. अच् (ac) (अ) is added at the end of the tatpurusa compounds to the words अङ्गुलि (aṅguli), and रात्रि (rātri), under specific conditions; cf. P.V.4.86, 87; टच् (ṭac) (अ) is added at the end of tatpurusa compounds ending in राजन्, अहन्, सखि, गो (rājan, ahan, sakhi, go), and उरस् (uras) and under specific conditions to those ending in तक्षन्, श्वन्, सक्थि, नौ, खारी (takṣan, śvan, sakthi, nau, khārī), and अज्जलि (ajjali) as also to words ending in अस् (as) and अन् (an) in the neuter gender in Vedic Literature, and to the word ब्रह्मन् (brahman) under specific conditions; cf. P.V. 4.91 to 105; टच् (ṭac) is added at the end of समाहारद्वन्द्व (samāhāradvandva) compounds ending in च्, छ्, ज्, झ्,ञ् (c, ch, j, jh, ñ)， , द्, ष् (d, ṣ) and ह् (h)， and at the end of अव्ययीभाव (avyayībhāva) compounds ending with the words शरद्, विपाश्, अनस् (śarad, vipāś, anas), and मनस् (manas) etc. as also at the end of words ending in अन् (an) or with any of the class consonants except nasals, cf. P.V.4.106-ll2; षच् (ṣac) (अ) is added to Bahuvrihi compounds ending with सक्थि (sakthi) and अक्षि (akṣi) as limbs of the body, as also with अङ्गुलि (aṅguli), while ष, अप् (ṣa, ap) and अच् (ac) are added to specified words under special conditions; the Samasanta affix असिच् (asic) (अस् (as)) is added at the end of a Bahuvrihi compound ending in प्रजा (prajā), and मेधा (medhā), the Samasanta affix इच् (ic) is added at the end of the peculiar Bahuvrihi compound formed of दण्ड, मुसल (daṇḍa, musala) etc. when they are repeated and when they show a fight with the instruments of fight exchanged; cf. P. V.4.113-128. Besides these affixes, a general समासान्त (samāsānta) affix कप् (kap) is added necessarily or optionally as specified in P.V. 4.151-159.
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: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySamāsānta (समासान्त).—[masculine] suffix added at the end of a compound ([grammar]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySamāsānta (समासान्त):—[from sam-āsa > sam-as] m. a suffix at the end of a compound belonging to the whole of it, [Pāṇini; Patañjali],
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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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Starts with: Samasantashabdadesha.
Ends with: Prashamashanta.
Full-text (+83): Carapatha, Daca, Anugiram, Adhonabham, Ajanika, Ajalomi, Adantaka, Anudisham, Adhipatham, Adhiraja, Anupasadam, Anuratram, Ajagandhika, Adhijihvika, Anapatyaka, Amshamshi, Ajinapattrika, Ananyamanaska, Avantibrahma, Anghrivallika.
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Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva (Study) (by Sajitha. A)
Sanskrit Grammarians (4): Bhoja < [Chapter 5 - Impact of other Disciplines in Vāsudevavijaya]
Sanskrit Grammarians (1): Patañjali < [Chapter 5 - Impact of other Disciplines in Vāsudevavijaya]
Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (Compound) < [Chapter 3 - Vāsudevavijaya—A Grammatical Study]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.14.49 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 3.10 - Pada-vṛtti and their types < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Reviews < [October 1967]