Yuktavadbhava, Yuktavadbhāva: 1 definition

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

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Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Yuktavadbhāva (युक्तवद्भाव).—lit. behaviour like the original base. The term is used in the sense of possession of, or getting, the same gender and number as was possessed by the base to which the tad. affix was added and subsequently dropped by a rule of Panini in which the word लुप् (lup) is put in the sense of dropping; e. g. कुरयः देशः (kurayaḥ deśaḥ) or अङ्गाः देशः (aṅgāḥ deśaḥ) in the sense of कुरूणां (kurūṇāṃ) or अङ्गानां निवासो जनपदः (aṅgānāṃ nivāso janapadaḥ) cf. जनपदे लुप् (janapade lup) P. IV.3.81 and लुपि युक्तवद् व्यक्तिवचने (lupi yuktavad vyaktivacane) P.I.2.51; cf. also M.Bh. on P. I. 2.51 and 52.

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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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