यथाशक्ति
as far as one can
यथाशक्ति
समासः
Samāsa: saying more with fewer words
When two or more words merge into one and the case endings in between disappear, that is a samāsa. Spelling it back out is called its vigraha.
One example
राज्ञः पुरुषःराजपुरुषः
"The king’s officer" is two words; राजपुरुषः is one. The genitive राज्ञः lost its ending and only the stem राज remains.
The six kinds
All examples
The saffron box marks the member that carries the main meaning.
उपगङ्गम्
near the Gaṅgā
उपगङ्गा
प्रतिदिनम्
every day
प्रतिदिन
निर्मक्षिकम्
free of flies
निर्मक्षिका
राजपुरुषः
the king’s officer
राजन्पुरुष
विद्यालयः
school
विद्याआलय
देशभक्तिः
love of country
देशभक्ति
शरणागतः
one who has come for refuge
शरणआगत
जलपूर्णः
full of water
जलपूर्ण
भूतबलिः
offering to beings
भूतबलि
चौरभयम्
fear of thieves
चौरभय
वनवासः
living in the forest
वनवास
नीलकमलम्
blue lotus
नीलकमल
महापुरुषः
great man
महत्पुरुष
घनश्यामः
dark as a cloud
घनश्याम
त्रिलोकी
the three worlds together
त्रिलोक
पञ्चवटी
a group of five banyan trees
पञ्चन्वट
त्रिभुवनम्
the three worlds
त्रिभुवन
रामलक्ष्मणौ
Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa
रामलक्ष्मण
सीतारामौ
Sītā and Rāma
सीताराम
पाणिपादम्
hands and feet (as a set)
पाणिपाद
पीताम्बरः
the one with yellow garments (Kṛṣṇa)
पीतअम्बरthe one with yellow garments (Kṛṣṇa)
दशाननः
the ten-faced one (Rāvaṇa)
दशन्आननthe ten-faced one (Rāvaṇa)
चक्रपाणिः
the one with a discus in hand (Viṣṇu)
चक्रपाणिthe one with a discus in hand (Viṣṇu)
लम्बोदरः
the pot-bellied one (Gaṇeśa)
लम्बउदरthe pot-bellied one (Gaṇeśa)
नीलकण्ठः
the blue-throated one (Śiva)
नीलकण्ठthe blue-throated one (Śiva)
Which compound is it?
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प्रतिदिनम्
Vigraha: दिनं दिनं प्रति
