Bhagavadgita,-अर्जुनविषादयोगः arjunaviṣādayogaḥ, (S.-1, Ch.-1, V.-0) |
कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय * |
krishnam vande jagad-gurumÓM NAMO BHAGVATÉ VÁSUDÉVÁJA * |
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN
THE VOCABULARIES
abl., ablative.
acc., accusative.
act., active.
adj., adjective.
adv., adverb.
·BV cpd., Bahuvrihi compound. A compound which is always adjecti-val to a noun or pronoun, either ex-pressed or implicit. The last mem-ber is a noun and the first usually an adjective. Its structure can be most simply explained by examples: "He whose B (last member) is A (first
member) " or "This of which the B (last member) is A (first member)." Examples can readily be found in English: "redneck," i.e. he whose neck is red; "bluebeard," i.e. he whose beard is blue; "hardhat," i.e. he whose hat is hard. In Sanskrit: maharatha, he whose chariot is mighty;
Dhrtara~tra (proper name), he by whom the kingdom is held;
mababaho (vocative), 0 Thou whose arms are mighty;
anantarapa, that of which the form is unending:
avyak- tadini, such that their beginnings are unmanifest.
dat., dative.
DV cpd., Dvandva (copulative) com-
pound.
esp., especially.
f., feminine.
fut., future.
gen., genitive.
indic., indicative.
ifc., "in fine compositi," "at the end of a compound," indicating the last member of a compound.
inst., instrumental.
interrog., interrogative.
irreg., irregular.
·KD cpd., Karmadharaya compound, a compound the members of which have the same case. There are three types: (a) the first member is an adjective, the second a noun. Example in English: " highway," in Sanskrit: "mahadhana," "great wealth." (b) both members are nouns. Example in English: "gen- tleman-thief," i.e. a thief who is a gentleman;
"boy-actress" (in Shakespeare's time), i.e. an actress who is really a boy.
Examples in Sanskrit: " rajarisi," " king-sage; "
"devajana," "god people."
(c) both members are adjectives.
Examplesin English:" pale-red,"" snow-white."
Examples in Sanskrit: "dhamaro- hita," "greyish red," " uttarapiirva," " north-east."
lit., literally
loc., locative.
loco absol., locative absolute.
m., masculine.
mid., middle.
n., neuter.
nom., nominative.
p., past.
pass., passive.
pI., plural.
pr., present.
sarhdhi - not an abbreviation, but a term indicating an alteration in accord with the laws of euphonious combination of words.
sg., singular.
""TP cpd., Tatpuru!?a compound. A
compound of two words which would ordinarily have different caseendings.
Examples in English: mountain peak," i.e. the peak of a mountain, etc.
In Sanskrit: jivaloka (jiva, living; loka, world), the world of the living; rajendra (raja, king; Indra, chief), chief of kings, etc. The members of these compounds are nouns.
voc., vocative.