तत्पुरुष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তত্পুৰুষ (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬢ᭄ᬧᬸᬭᬸᬱ (Balinese script)
• তত্পুরুষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰝𑰿𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰲𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀼𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• တတ္ပုရုၑ (Burmese script)
• તત્પુરુષ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਤ੍ਪੁਰੁਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦠ꧀ꦥꦸꦫꦸꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂞𑂹𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂳𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ತತ್ಪುರುಷ (Kannada script)
• តត្បុរុឞ (Khmer script)
• ຕຕ຺ປຸຣຸຩ (Lao script)
• തത്പുരുഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᢠᢒᡠᡵᡠᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘝𑘿𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘳𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢐᢒᠤᠷᠤᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑦽𑧠𑧂𑧔𑧈𑧔𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐟𑑂𑐥𑐸𑐬𑐸𑐲 (Newa script)
• ତତ୍ପୁରୁଷ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢡ꣄ꢦꢸꢬꢸꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆠𑇀𑆥𑆶𑆫𑆶𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖝𑖿𑖢𑖲𑖨𑖲𑖬 (Siddham script)
• තත‍්පුරුෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩫 𑪙𑩰𑩒𑩼𑩒𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚙𑚶𑚞𑚰𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
• தத்புருஷ (Tamil script)
• తత్పురుష (Telugu script)
• ตตฺปุรุษ (Thai script)
• ཏ་ཏྤུ་རུ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒞𑓂𑒣𑒳𑒩𑒳𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨙𑩇𑨞𑨃𑨫𑨃𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of तत् (tát, “that”) +‎ पुरुष (púruṣa, “man”). A classic example of such a compound where "that" is being used to mean "that person's".

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐt.pú.ɾu.ʂɐ/, [tɐt̚.pú.ɾu.ʂɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐt̪ˈpu.ɾu.ʂɐ/, [t̪ɐt̪̚ˈpu.ɾu.ʂɐ]

Noun

तत्पुरुष • (tatpúruṣa) stem, m

1. the original or supreme spirit (one of the 5 forms of ईश्वर (īśvara))
2. (linguistics, grammar, lexicography) a class of compounds (formed like the word तत्-पुरुष, ‘his servant’) in which the last member is qualified by the first without losing (as the last member of बहुव्रीहि (bahuvrīhi) compounds) its grammatical independence (whether as noun or adj. or p.)
   1. two subdivisions of these compounds are called कर्मधारय (karmadhāraya) and द्विगु (dvigu) (qq.vv.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तत्पुरुष (tatpúruṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तत्पुरुषः tatpúruṣaḥ	तत्पुरुषौ / तत्पुरुषा¹ tatpúruṣau / tatpúruṣā¹	तत्पुरुषाः / तत्पुरुषासः¹ tatpúruṣāḥ / tatpúruṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	तत्पुरुष tátpuruṣa	तत्पुरुषौ / तत्पुरुषा¹ tátpuruṣau / tátpuruṣā¹	तत्पुरुषाः / तत्पुरुषासः¹ tátpuruṣāḥ / tátpuruṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	तत्पुरुषम् tatpúruṣam	तत्पुरुषौ / तत्पुरुषा¹ tatpúruṣau / tatpúruṣā¹	तत्पुरुषान् tatpúruṣān
Instrumental	तत्पुरुषेण tatpúruṣeṇa	तत्पुरुषाभ्याम् tatpúruṣābhyām	तत्पुरुषैः / तत्पुरुषेभिः¹ tatpúruṣaiḥ / tatpúruṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	तत्पुरुषाय tatpúruṣāya	तत्पुरुषाभ्याम् tatpúruṣābhyām	तत्पुरुषेभ्यः tatpúruṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	तत्पुरुषात् tatpúruṣāt	तत्पुरुषाभ्याम् tatpúruṣābhyām	तत्पुरुषेभ्यः tatpúruṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	तत्पुरुषस्य tatpúruṣasya	तत्पुरुषयोः tatpúruṣayoḥ	तत्पुरुषाणाम् tatpúruṣāṇām
Locative	तत्पुरुषे tatpúruṣe	तत्पुरुषयोः tatpúruṣayoḥ	तत्पुरुषेषु tatpúruṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → English: tatpuruṣa
• → Telugu: తత్పురుషము (tatpuruṣamu)