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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bahīvrīhi (बहीव्रीहि).—a. possessing much rice; तत्पुरुष कर्मधारय येनाहं स्यां बहुव्रीहिः (tatpuruṣa karmadhāraya yenāhaṃ syāṃ bahuvrīhiḥ) Udb. (where it is also the name of the compound).

-hiḥ one of the four principal kinds of compounds in Sanskrit. In it, two or more nouns in apposition to each other are compouded, the attributive member (whether a noun or an adjective) being placed first, and made to qualify another substantive, and neither of the two members separately, but the sense of the whole compound, qualifies that substantive; cf. अन्य- पदार्थप्रधानो बहुव्रीहिः (anya- padārthapradhāno bahuvrīhiḥ). This compound is adjectival in character, but there are several instances of Bahuvrīhi compounds which have come to be regarded and used as nouns (their application being restricted by usage to particular individuals); i. e. चक्रपाणि, शशिशेखर, पीताम्बर, चतुर्मुख, त्रिनेत्र, कुसुमशर (cakrapāṇi, śaśiśekhara, pītāmbara, caturmukha, trinetra, kusumaśara) &c.

Bahīvrīhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bahī and vrīhi (व्रीहि). See also (synonyms): bahuvrīhi.

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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: Bahi, Vrihi.

Full-text: Bahuvrihi.

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