Ekapatin, Eka-patin, Ekapātin: 7 definitions
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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Ekapātin (एकपातिन्).—Combined together; cf. R. Pr. com. एकपातिनः एकीभूतस्य अक्षरस्य क्रमे ध्रुवमाषीं लुप्यते (ekapātinaḥ ekībhūtasya akṣarasya krame dhruvamāṣīṃ lupyate); R. Pr. XI. 25, also XVII.26.

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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Ekapatin (एकपतिन्).—a.
1) sudden.
2) standing alone or solitary.
-nī i. e. ऋक् (ṛk) a verse to be taken by itself or independently of the hymn to which it belongs.
Ekapatin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and patin (पतिन्).
Ekapātin (एकपातिन्).—adj. fallen on a sudden, Mahābhārata 1, 3032.
Ekapātin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and pātin (पातिन्).
Ekapātin (एकपातिन्).—[adjective] being alone, solitary.
1) Ekapātin (एकपातिन्):—[=eka-pātin] [from eka] a mfn. having a common or the same appearance, appearing together, belonging to each other, [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] having a single or common Pratīka or first word, quoted together as one verse (as Mantras), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa i, 19, 9; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra v, 18, 11.]
3) [v.s. ...] b flying (only) in one manner, [Mahābhārata]
4) [=eka-pātin] [from eka] c being alone or solitary, ibidem
Ekapātin (एकपातिन्):—(eka + pā) adj. vereinzelt —, selbständig stehend: āhustvekapadā anye adhyāsānekapātinaḥ [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 17, 25.] akṣara [11, 25.] ahāni [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 12, 6.] nī f. (näml. ṛc) ein Vers, der für sich zu nehmen ist (der nicht als Bestandtheil des Liedes, zu welchem er etwa gehört, zu behandeln ist) [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 19.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 8, 3, 14. 6, 16. 7, 8. 12, 2, 14.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 5, 18. 6, 5.]
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Ekapātin (एकपातिन्):—vgl. u. pātin
3) [Z. 2 lies 17, 26.]
Ekapātin (एकपातिन्):—Adj. —
1) allein seiend , — stehend. —
2) zusammen gehörig , zusammenfallend [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda] [Āśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtra 5,18,11.6,5,6.12,6,23.] —
3) Pl. zusammengenommen [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1,19.]
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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