How these words गरिष्ठ: , श्रेष्ठ: , ज्येष्ठ: , कनिष्ठ: were derived ?
अजादी गुणवचनादेव - 5.3.58
"अतिशय" (when comparing qualities) अस्मिन् सन्दर्भे विहितौ "इष्ठन्" तथा "ईयसुन्" एतौ अजादिप्रत्ययौ केवलम् गुणवाचिभ्यः शब्देभ्यः एव विधीयन्ते ।
एतयोः द्वौ प्रत्ययौ (...
How this word called “स्नातक” was formed ?
ब्रह्मचर्य्यं त्यक्त्वा यो गृहाश्रमं गतः स स्नातकः
Those who left brahmacharya( studies ) and they have progressed to married life are called स्नातक ( graduate...
How words आरुरुक्षु:, सुषुप्सु:, जिज्ञासु:, मुमुक्षु: are formed ?
सन्प्रत्ययः (इच्छार्थकः - desiderative) - यदि किसी क्रिया के करने की इच्छा होती है, तो उस...
Why Vishnu is called Jitamanyu ?
Why Vishnu is called Jitamanyu (जितमन्युः)?
The word मन्युः means "Anger"
जितमन्युः - जितः मन्यु: येन स:...
What is the meaning of Govind ?
Govind - Meaning
"गो:" word has many meanings like वाणी / वेदः, धरा, धेनुः, इन्द्रियं ( speech, earth,...
What does this word called “महानुभाव” means ?
महानुभाव means "Those who make great impact" ( महान् अनुभावः येषां ते )
अनुभावः means impact
महानुभावः - अनु + भू+ णिच् करणे अच् प्रत्यय
How to this word called उदाजहार was formed ?
उदाहृ - To relate, narrate, declare, announce, To say, speak, utter;
उद + हृ (लिट्लकारः , परस्मैपदम् )
Occurrences of the word -
Purusha Suktam - धा॒ता पु॒रस्ता॒त्...
What is the meaning of Krishna ?
Meaning of Krishna
Krishna name meaning is explained by Adi Shankara in the commentary of Vishnu Sahasranamam, where he...
Why Draupadi is called as Yagyaseni ?
Yagyaseni
Yagyaseni (याज्ञसेनी) means a women born from Yagyasena. Yagyasena (यज्ञसेनः) is another name of Draupad (द्रुपद), the father...
What is the meaning of Vishnu ?
Meaning of Vishnu
विष्णुः ( Vishnu) is made of विष् धातु (to pervade, to spread) when used with नुक् प्रत्यय