tatpuruśa | तत्पुरुश | tatpuruza
tat—puruśa | तत्—पुरुश | m. the original or supreme spirit (one of the 5 forms of Īśvara [also ˚śa-vaktra | ˚श-वक्त्र |] Sarvad. vii), Kāṭh. xvii, 1; TĀr. x, 1, 5 f.; LiṅgaP. i, 13
the servant of him, KātyŚr. vii, 1, 8
N. of a Kalpa period, MatsyaP. liii, 41
a class of compounds (formed like the word tat-puruśa | तत्-पुरुश |, ‘his servant’) in which the last member is qualified by the first without losing (as the last member of Bahu-vrīhi compounds) its grammatical independence (whether as noun or adj. or p.)
two subdivisions of these compounds are called Karma-dhāraya and Dvi-gu (qq.vv.)
the servant of him, KātyŚr. vii, 1, 8
N. of a Kalpa period, MatsyaP. liii, 41
a class of compounds (formed like the word tat-puruśa | तत्-पुरुश |, ‘his servant’) in which the last member is qualified by the first without losing (as the last member of Bahu-vrīhi compounds) its grammatical independence (whether as noun or adj. or p.)
two subdivisions of these compounds are called Karma-dhāraya and Dvi-gu (qq.vv.)