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समासान्त (samAsAnta)

 
Capeller Eng
English
समासान्त
m.
 suffix added at the end of a compound (g. ).
Monier Williams Cologne
English
समासान्त
m.
 a suffix at the end of a compound belonging to the whole of it,
Pāṇ.
Pat.
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Macdonell
English
समासान्त samāsa‿anta,
a.
 suffix attached to 🞄the end of a compound (gr.).
Abhyankara Grammar
English
समासान्त secondary suffixes which are prescribed at the end of compounds in specific cases and which are look- ed upon as taddhita affixes
e.g.the Samasanta इच् ( अ ), causing elision of the last syllable of the compo- und word, is added to compounds called संख्याबहुव्रीहि
e.g. उपदशाः, पञ्चषाः etc. P.W.4.73. Samasanta अ is added to compounds ending with ऋच्, पुर्, अप्, and धुर, and अच् to words ending with सामन् , लोमन् , अक्षन् , चतुर् पुंस् , अनडुहृ, मनस् , वर्चस्, तमस् , श्रेयस् , रहस्, उरस्, गो, तावत्, अध्वन् , etc :under specific conditions
cf P.V.4.68 to 86. अच् ( अ ) is added at the end of the tatpurusa compounds to the words अङ्गुलि, and रानि, under specific conditions
cf. P.V4.86, 87: टच् ( अ ) is added at the end of tatpurusa compounds ending in राजन् , अहृन् , सखि , गो, and उरस् and under specific conditions to those ending in तक्षन् , श्वन् , साक्थि, नौ, खारी, and अज्जलि as also to words ending in अस् and अन् in the neuter gender in Vedic Literature, and to the word ब्रह्मन् under specific condi- tions: cf. P.V. 4.91 to 105: टच् is added at the end of समाहृारद्वन्द्व com- pounds ending in च् , छ् , ज्, झ्, ञ्， , द्, ष् and ह्， and at the end of अव्ययीभाव compounds ending with the words शरद् , विपाश् , अनस् , and मनस् etc. as also at the end of words ending in अन् or with any of the class consonants except nasals, cf. P.V.4.106-ll2
षच् ( अ ) is added to Bahuvrihi compounds ending with साक्थि and अक्षि as limbs of the body, as also with अड्गुलि, while ष , अप् and अच् are added to specified words under special conditions
the Samasanta affix असिच् ( अस् ) is added at the end of a Bahuvrihi compound ending in प्रजा, and मेधा, the Samasanta affix इच् is added at the end of the peculiar Bahuvrihi compound formed of दण्ड, मुसल etc. when they are repeated and when they show a fight with the instruments of fight exchanged
cf. P. V.4. l 13- 128. Besides these affixes, a general समासान्त affix कप् is added necessarily or optionally as specified in P.V. 4.15 1-159.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
समासान्त
पु०
 ६ त० । व्याकरणोक्तसमासस्य शेषावयवे तत्र-त्योत्तरविहितविधिश्च अनित्यः “समासान्तविधिरनित्यः”परिभा० ।
Capeller
German
समासान्त
m.
 ein an Composita tretendes
Suffix (g.).