Anityasamasa, Anityasamāsa, Anitya-samasa: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnityasamāsa (अनित्यसमास).—a compound which it is not obligatory to form in every case (the sense of which may be equally expressed by resolving it into its constituent members.).
Derivable forms: anityasamāsaḥ (अनित्यसमासः).
Anityasamāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anitya and samāsa (समास).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnityasamāsa (अनित्यसमास):—[=a-nitya-samāsa] [from a-nitya] m. a compound, the sense of which may be equally expressed by resolving it into its constituent parts.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnityasamāsa (अनित्यसमास):—[karmadharaya compound] m.
(-saḥ) (In grammar.) A compound which may be dissolved into its constituent parts without undergoing a material change of sense; e. g. rājapuruṣaḥ, which may be dissolved into rājñaḥ puruṣaḥ. The converse of nityasamāsa q. v.
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: Anitya, Samasa.
Full-text: Anitya.
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