तत्पुरुष
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তত্পুৰুষ (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬢ᭄ᬧᬸᬭᬸᬱ (Balinese script)
- তত্পুরুষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰝𑰿𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰲𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀼𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- တတ္ပုရုၑ (Burmese script)
- તત્પુરુષ (Gujarati script)
- ਤਤ੍ਪੁਰੁਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦠ꧀ꦥꦸꦫꦸꦰ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂞𑂹𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂳𑂭 (Kaithi script)
- ತತ್ಪುರುಷ (Kannada script)
- តត្បុរុឞ (Khmer script)
- ຕຕ຺ປຸຣຸຩ (Lao script)
- തത്പുരുഷ (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᢠᢒᡠᡵᡠᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘝𑘿𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘳𑘬 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᢐᢒᠤᠷᠤᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑦽𑧠𑧂𑧔𑧈𑧔𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐟𑑂𑐥𑐸𑐬𑐸𑐲 (Newa script)
- ତତ୍ପୁରୁଷ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢡ꣄ꢦꢸꢬꢸꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆠𑇀𑆥𑆶𑆫𑆶𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖝𑖿𑖢𑖲𑖨𑖲𑖬 (Siddham script)
- තත්පුරුෂ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩫 𑪙𑩰𑩒𑩼𑩒𑪀 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚙𑚶𑚞𑚰𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
- தத்புருஷ (Tamil script)
- తత్పురుష (Telugu script)
- ตตฺปุรุษ (Thai script)
- ཏ་ཏྤུ་རུ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒞𑓂𑒣𑒳𑒩𑒳𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨙𑩇𑨞𑨃𑨫𑨃𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Tatpuruṣa compound of तत् (tát, “that”) + पुरुष (púruṣa, “man”). A classic example of such a compound where "that" is being used to mean "that person's".
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tɐt.pú.ɾu.ʂɐ/, [tɐt̚.pú.ɾu.ʂɐ]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ɐt̪.pu.ɾu.ʂɐ/, [t̪ɐt̪̚.pu.ɾu.ʂɐ]
Noun
तत्पुरुष • (tatpúruṣa) stem, m
- the original or supreme spirit (one of the 5 forms of ईश्वर (īśvara))
- (linguistics, grammar, lexicography) a class of compounds (formed like the word तत्-पुरुष, ‘his servant’) in which the last member is qualified by the first without losing (as the last member of बहुव्रीहि (bahuvrīhi) compounds) its grammatical independence (whether as noun or adj. or p.)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | तत्पुरुषः (tatpúruṣaḥ) | तत्पुरुषौ (tatpúruṣau) तत्पुरुषा¹ (tatpúruṣā¹) |
तत्पुरुषाः (tatpúruṣāḥ) तत्पुरुषासः¹ (tatpúruṣāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | तत्पुरुषम् (tatpúruṣam) | तत्पुरुषौ (tatpúruṣau) तत्पुरुषा¹ (tatpúruṣā¹) |
तत्पुरुषान् (tatpúruṣān) |
| instrumental | तत्पुरुषेण (tatpúruṣeṇa) | तत्पुरुषाभ्याम् (tatpúruṣābhyām) | तत्पुरुषैः (tatpúruṣaiḥ) तत्पुरुषेभिः¹ (tatpúruṣebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | तत्पुरुषाय (tatpúruṣāya) | तत्पुरुषाभ्याम् (tatpúruṣābhyām) | तत्पुरुषेभ्यः (tatpúruṣebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | तत्पुरुषात् (tatpúruṣāt) | तत्पुरुषाभ्याम् (tatpúruṣābhyām) | तत्पुरुषेभ्यः (tatpúruṣebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | तत्पुरुषस्य (tatpúruṣasya) | तत्पुरुषयोः (tatpúruṣayoḥ) | तत्पुरुषाणाम् (tatpúruṣāṇām) |
| locative | तत्पुरुषे (tatpúruṣe) | तत्पुरुषयोः (tatpúruṣayoḥ) | तत्पुरुषेषु (tatpúruṣeṣu) |
| vocative | तत्पुरुष (tátpuruṣa) | तत्पुरुषौ (tátpuruṣau) तत्पुरुषा¹ (tátpuruṣā¹) |
तत्पुरुषाः (tátpuruṣāḥ) तत्पुरुषासः¹ (tátpuruṣāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → English: tatpuruṣa
- → Telugu: తత్పురుషము (tatpuruṣamu)