Overview

ABOUT THE COURSE:This course introduces a reader of basics of Compounds and their treatment in the Pāṇinian grammar. It provides information related to the theorization, generation, identification and explanation of various types of Compounds and their numerous features in Sanskrit. The course focuses on one important type: तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa Compound. It will thus introduce more aspects of the grammar of Pāṇini to linguists, Indologists as well as to the Computer Scientists in particular who are interested in the process of Compounding as well as Multi-Word Expressions.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Linguists, Indologists, Philosophers, Psychologists

Syllabus

Week 1: What is a Compound (समास samāsa)? The concept of सामर्थ्य sāmarthya: व्यपेक्षा vyapekṣā and एकार्थीभाव ekārthībhāva, the concept of वृत्ति vṛtti, the concept of पूर्वपद pūrvapada and उत्तरपद uttarapada Week 2:Types of Compounds (समास samāsa). The concept of विग्रह vigraha and नित्यसमास nityasamāsa, समास samāsa as a प्रातिपदिक prātipadika, लुक् luk, meaning of a समास samāsa, ऐकार्थ्य aikārthya, ऐकपद्य aikapadya and ऐकस्वर्य aikasvarya Week 3:What is a तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa समास samāsa? Features of तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa समास samāsa, types of तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa समास samāsa, derivation of तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa समास samāsa Week 4:Treatment of विभक्ति vibhakti तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa समास samāsa- द्वितीया dvitīyā, तृतीया tṛtīyā, चतुर्थी caturthī, पञ्चमी pañcamī, सप्तमी saptamī Week 5:Treatment of सप्तमी saptamī, षष्ठी ṣaṣṭhī, एकदेश ekadeśa-Tatpuruṣa समास samāsa Week 6:Treatment of कर्मधारय karmadhāraya and द्विगु dvigu, the concept of पुंवद्भाव puṁvadbhāva Week 7:Treatment of उपपद upapada तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa Week 8:Treatment of गति gati तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa, नञ् nañ तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa, प्रादि prādi तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa Week 9:Suffixes added at the end of a तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa compound (समासान्त samāsānta प्रत्यय pratyaya) Week 10:Non-deletion of cases (अलुक् aluk), Operations based on the compound (समासाश्रय-विधि samāsāśraya-vidhi) Week 11:स्वर svara- accent on तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa Compounds Week 12:Other operations like retroflex substitutions- षत्व ṣatva and णत्व ṇatva, Constituency structures of compounds, dependency relations within a Compound, Gender and number of the तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa compound, Ordering of words in the तत्पुरुष Tatpuruṣa Compound