कर्मधारय

Sanskrit

noun
Definitions
  • (grammar) a karmadharaya, a tatpuruṣa compound in which the first member modifies the second; if split the two components would be in the same case

Etymology

Affix from Sanskrit कर्मन् (action, act, performance, activity, work, rite, deed, first member of a compound, duty, doer) + Sanskrit धारय (bearing).

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Sanskrit

धारय

Gloss

bearing

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