A dvandva or copulative or coordinative compound refers to two or more objects that could be connected in sense by the conjunction 'and'. Dvandvas are common in some languages such as Sanskrit, where the term originates, and Japanese, but less common in English (The term is not often found in English dictionaries.). Examples: matara-pitara (Sanskrit for 'mother and father'), yamakawa (Japanese for 'mountains and rivers'), bittersweet and s ...

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Sanskrit - Modern-day India. Sanskrit's greatest influence, presumably, is that which it exerted on languages that grew from its vocabulary and grammatical base. Especially among elite circles in India, Sanskrit is prized as a storehouse of scripture and the language of prayers in Hinduism. Like Latin's influence on European languages, Sanskrit has influenced most Indian languages. While vernacular prayer is common, Sanskrit mantras are recited by millions of Hindus and most temple functions are conducted entirel ...

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Sanskrit (saṃskṛtam संस्कृतम्) is a classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. It has a position in India and Southeast Asia similar to that of Latin and Greek in Medieval Europe, and is a central part of Hindu tradition. Sanskrit is one of the 22 official languages of India. Sanskrit is taught in schools and households th ...

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A bahuvrihi, or bahuvrihi compound, is a particular kind of compound word that refers to something that is not specified by any of its parts by themselves, especially a compound that refers to a possessor of an object specified. For instance, a sabertooth is neither a saber nor a tooth: it is a smilodon, an extinct feline with saber-like fangs. It is common, though not compulsory, that the last constituent in such a compound is a noun, and that the compound as a whole functions as an adjective. Bahuvrihis are often re ...

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A compound is a word (lexeme) that consists of more than one free morpheme. A certain type of compound (endocentric) consists of a head, i.e. the categorical part that contains the basic meaning of the whole compound, and modifiers, which restrict this meaning. For example, the English compound doghouse, where house is the head and dog is the modifier, is understood as a house intended for a dog. Obviously, an endocentric compound ten ...

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An Amredita is a type of compound in Sanskrit grammar. Strictly speaking, amredita is the term for the second member of the compound. The two compound members are from the same stem, and the repetition expresses repetitiveness, e. g. dive-dive "day by day", "daily"; naa-naa "man by man", "one by one". See also: reduplication ...

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Narayana (नारायण; nārāyaná) or Narayan is an important Sanskrit name for Vishnu and is in many contemporary vernaculars, a common Indian name. The name is also associated with Brahma and Krishna. He is also identified with, or as the son of, the original man, Purusha. The name Narayana is a Sanskrit tatpurusha compound, with the members nāra, which means ...

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Sankhara is an important Pali term featuring prominently in the teaching of the Buddha. In Mahayana Buddhism, Hinduism and Raja Yoga it is known by its Sanskrit rendering Samskara. Sankhara is used in two senses as meaning either 'that which has been put together' or 'that which puts together'. In the first (passive) sense it can refer to any compound form in the universe whether a tree, a cloud, a human being, a thought or a molecule. All these are sankharas. The Buddha taught that all such things are impermanent, arising and passing ...

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Crimson is a deep red color tinged with blue; however the name is also used for red colors in general. Traditionally, it is the color of blood. Etymology of the word "crimson" is from Sanskrit krmi-ja, a compound meaning "(red dye) produced by a worm", from krmih "worm" + -ja, "produced" (from Proto-Indo-European *gene-).[1] Crimson - Dyes. Alizarin crimson is a pigment that was first synthesized in 1868 by the German chemists Carl Gräbe and Carl Liebermann and re ...

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Compound formation rules vary widely across language types. In a perfectly analytic language, compounds are simply elements strung together without any markers. In English, for example, science fiction is a compound noun that consists of two nouns and no markers. A corresponding example from the Mandarin language would be Hànyǔ (漢語; simplified: 汉语), or "the Han Chin ...

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Compound linguistics - Compound nouns. Most natural languages have compound nouns and sometimes compound adjectives. The position of the head within a compound often depends on the branching tendency of the language, i. e. the most common order of constituents in phrases where nouns are modified by adjectives, by possessors, by other nouns, etc. While Germanic languages, for example, are left-branching when it comes to noun phrases (the modif ...

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The use of two-word compound words for personal names, typically but not always ascribing some noble or heroic feat to their bearer, is so common in Indo-European languages that it seems certainly inherited. These names are often of the class of compound words that in Sanskrit are called bahuvrihi compounds. They are found in the Celtic region (Dumnorix: "king of the world"; Kennedy: "ugly head"), in Indo-Aryan languages (Asvaghosa: "tamer of horses"); in Greek (Socrates: "good ruler"); Cleopatra< ...

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Endocannabinoids are naturally produced in the bodies of animals. After cannabinoid receptors were first discovered in the 1980s, scientists began searching for natural compounds that activate these receptors. In the early 1990s, the first such compound was identified as arachidonyl ethanolamine and named anandamide, a name derived from the Sanskrit word for bliss and amide. Anandamide is derived from the essential fatty acid arachadonic acid. It has a pharmacology similar to THC, although its chemical structure is different. Anandami ...

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Endocannabinoids are naturally produced in the bodies of animals. After cannabinoid receptors were first discovered in the 1980s, scientists began searching for natural compounds that activate these receptors. In the early 1990s, the first such compound was identified as arachidonyl ethanolamine and named anandamide, a name derived from the Sanskrit word for bliss and amide. Anandamide is derived from the essential fatty acid arachadonic acid. It has a pharmacology similar to THC, although its chemical structure is different. Anandami ...

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Sulfur (Sanskrit, sulvere; Latin sulpur) was known in ancient times, and is referred to in the Biblical Pentateuch (Genesis). English translations of this commonly refer to sulfur as "brimstone", giving rise to the name of 'Fire and brimstone' sermons, which are sermons where hell and eternal damnation for sinners is stressed. It is from this part of the Bible that hell is thought to smell of sulfur. The word itself is almost certainly from the Arabic sufra meaning yellow, from the bright colo ...

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Sulfur (Sanskrit, sulvere; Latin sulpur) was known in ancient times, and is referred to in the Biblical Pentateuch (Genesis). The word itself is almost certainly from the Arabic sufra meaning yellow, from the bright color of the naturally-occurring form. English translations of the Bible commonly refer to sulfur as "brimstone", giving rise to the name of 'Fire and brimstone' sermons, which sinners are reminded of their fate of eternal damnation It is from this part of the Bible that hell is implied to "smell of su ...

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Gold (Sanskrit jval, Greek χρυσος [khrusos], Latin aurum for "shining dawn", Anglo-Saxon gold, Chinese 金 [jīn],Japanese 金 [kin]) has been known and highly valued since prehistoric times. It may have been the first metal used by humans and was valued for ornamentation and rituals. Egyptian hieroglyphs from as early as 2600 BC describe gold, which king Tushratta of the Mitanni claimed was as "common as dust" in Egypt. Egypt and Nubia had the resources to make them major gold-producing areas ...

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Gold ( Sanskrit jval, Greek χρυσóς [khrisós], Latin aurum for "shining dawn", Anglo-Saxon gold, Chinese 金 [jīn],Japanese 金 [kin] ) has been known and highly valued since prehistoric times. It may have been the first metal used by humans and was valued for ornamentation and rituals. Egyptian hieroglyphs from as early as 2600 BC describe gold, which king Tushratta of the Mitanni claimed was as "common as dust" in Egypt. Egypt and Nubia had the resources to make them major gold-producing are ...

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Buddhism - The Three Marks of Existence. According to the Buddhist tradition, all phenomena (dharmas) are marked by three characteristics, sometimes referred to as the Dharma seals, that is anicca(impermanence), dukkha (suffering) and Anatta (no self) Main Article: Anicca (Pāli; Sanskrit: anitya): All compounded phenomena (things and experiences) are inconstant, unsteady, and impermanent. (Practically) everything is made up of parts, and is dependent on the right condit ...

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