Compound words are frequently seen in Sanskrit Vedanta and Upanishad texts. These are condensed sentences, nay entire paragraphs of subtle wisdom.

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4 सह सुपा । With a word ending in a case-affix. In this sutra the word अय is implicit, so it consists of three words, सुप् सह सुपा ।सह सुप् समस्यते समर्थेन a case-inflected word may be compounded with a word with which it is connected in sense.

To put it another way, a join of two words that are somehow meaningfully related. सुपा सह समस्यते a case-inflected word is compounded with another sup-inflected word, i.

e. compounding a tinganta/subanta pada with a subantam padam.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Types of VisheshaSamasa = AvyayiBhava TatPurusha Bahuvrihi DvandvaThe VisheshaSamasa compound word has the four major types. • I.

TatPurusha, i. e.

ThatBeing• II. Bahuvrihi, i.

e. ManyTypes/Indeterminate• III.

Dvandva, i. e.

Noun word joins having equal or similar importance• IV. AvyayiBhava, i.

e. that which is an Indeclinable---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Concise discussion of Sanskrit Grammar Samasa = Compound Words.

Gives relevant Ashtadhyayi Sutras. .