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    The document discusses analyzing compound Sanskrit words by determining their bare minimum or root form. It explains that for some compound words, the root form is already known, while for others it is important to analyze the individual components to understand the intended meaning. Analyzing the components involves considering multiple possible interpretations based on context. Overall, the goal of analysis is to understand the deep and nuanced meanings that can be derived from Sanskrit literature.

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    The document discusses analyzing compound Sanskrit words by determining their bare minimum or root form. It explains that for some compound words, the root form is already known, while for others it is important to analyze the individual components to understand the intended meaning. Analyzing the components involves considering multiple possible interpretations based on context. Overall, the goal of analysis is to understand the deep and nuanced meanings that can be derived from Sanskrit literature.

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    The document discusses analyzing compound Sanskrit words by determining their bare minimum or root form. It explains that for some compound words, the root form is already known, while for others it is important to analyze the individual components to understand the intended meaning. Analyzing the components involves considering multiple possible interpretations based on context. Overall, the goal of analysis is to understand the deep and nuanced meanings that can be derived from Sanskrit literature.

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    The key takeaways are that when analyzing compound words in Sanskrit, it is important to first break the word down into its bare minimum form to determine the meaning of each component. Having an open mind to different potential meanings is also important when analyzing words that can have multiple interpretations.

    When analyzing compound words, one should first get to the bare minimum form, which is often the root word. It is important to analyze the individual components and their meanings, rather than taking the compound at face value. Prefixes are also analyzed for the meaning they provide.

    The process of determining the meaning of a compound word is called vibhakti. It involves detailing the meaning of each component and how they combine based on grammatical principles. Being conscious of the intended meaning is important. Multiple meanings may be derived from the same word depending on context.

    Simple Sanskrit Lesson 30

    An important aspect of procedure of detailing


    of a is to first get to the bare
    minimum form of the compound word. The bare
    minimum form is often the form in
    .
    For example first word in first verse in
    is . This is of course a
    compound word. But the form
    is
    of the noun
    . So we should do
    of the word
    and not of the formatted word
    .
    This may not be always necessary, especially
    if the word is already in .
    That was the case for

    .
    Words like ,
    also are already in
    .
    But doing of a would need
    being conscious of the meaning intended to be
    conveyed.
    Note = every day
    = with wonder. Every day
    would be an answer to a question When ?
    Similarly with wonder would be an answer to a
    question how ? So and
    have an adverbial intent,
    which in Sanskrit is called as
    of a is primarily an exercise
    in detailing the meaning of the word. And
    should do that.
    of is detailed as
    .
    of is detailed as
    .
    --s are another type of
    -s.
    Both these words and
    have a prefix . In
    detailing of as
    what is detailed is really the
    meaning lent by the prefix . Likewise in
    detailing of as
    , what is detailed is really
    the meaning lent by the prefix . So in these
    words, the prefixes are almost like component
    words -s of the compound words.
    Need to be conscious of the meaning intended
    can be explained also by considering a word
    in two different sentences (1)
    Wear a clean
    cloth (2)
    Wash the cloth clean.
    As can be seen, in
    , the word is adjective of the noun
    . In the other sentence, it is
    adverb of the verb . Should we do
    different for the same word ? My
    answer would be Yes. Basically some people
    may question whether every word, which has a
    prefix and a noun , should be
    treated as a compound word. Again, my answer
    would be Yes. I say so with the basic premise
    in mind, that of a is primarily
    an exercise in detailing the meaning of the
    word.
    In I would
    decipher the as
    ()
    In I would
    decipher the as
    ()
    Even if one should be conscious of the
    meaning intended to be conveyed, it is
    important to be open-minded and receptive to
    different meanings likely to be derived by
    different of a given . Another
    person may think of a different meaning. Why
    not grant it ?
    For example, in the word
    , = ??
    = field. Note, I am mentioning
    = ?? Do we not know the meaning of
    the word ? We do, but the word has
    many, many shades of meaning. One common
    meaning of is religion. But what is
    religion ? It is a challenging question to
    answer.
    I would rather go by the meaning =
    righteousness. So =
    field of righteousness.
    Now, what can make a battlefield a field of
    righteousness ? Possibly there was history
    associated with that particular battlefield, that in
    any battle fought there, only that side prevailed,
    which had righteousness with it. The battle
    between -s and -s was also to
    be fought to decide, which side had
    righteousness. Because of its past history the
    battlefield had come to be known as
    = field of righteousness.
    Rather, since the battle was to be fought to
    decide which side had righteousness, it was the
    field (for) decision about righteousness. The
    word has this other shade of meaning
    as = justice. Then we can say
    = field (of)
    righteousness OR field (for) justice about
    righteousness.
    Since the two prepositions of and for connote
    and -s
    respectively, of
    can be
    OR
    .
    On that battlefield there was also the person
    whose name was . Being a battlefield,
    there were two parties and there was the
    allotted field for each party. So by another
    meaning of = domain, meaning
    of becomes the domain
    of the person whose name was . So
    even by the as
    , there can be two meanings of
    (1)
    = field of righteousness
    (2) = domain of the
    person whose name was .
    -s of -s make Sanskrit
    literature very engaging and enjoyable,
    revealing, refreshing and vibrant, especially
    when one gets to derive a range of meanings
    from the same given words.

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