In Sanskrit Grammar, there are taddhita-pratyaya ( suffix ) which when added to noun, pronoun and adjective creates a new word.
There are many suffix which when added to a name of person, gives a name of offspring (अपत्य) of that person.
तस्यापत्यम् 4.1.92 which means “To indicate the meaning of ‘his/her offspring’, the word in the षष्ठी विभक्ति gets an appropriate प्रत्यय”
These words formed using these suffix, are directly used in scriptures to represent an offspring of a particular person.
for eg. पाण्डव: = पाण्डु + अण् ( Pandava meaning the son of Pandu )
| शब्द | प्रत्यय | प्रत्यय युक्त शब्द | अर्थ |
|---|---|---|---|
| अम्बिका | ढक् | अम्बिकेयः | Son of Ambika (Dhritarashtra) |
| भृगु | अण् | भार्गव: | Son of Brighu (Shukracharya) |
| विचित्रवीर्य | अण् | वैचित्रवीर्य | Sons of Vaicitravirya (Dhritarashtra, Pandu, Vidura) |
| वेन | अण् | वैन्य: | Son of Vena ( Prathu ) |
| कुरु | अण् | कौरव: | Son of Kuru |
| पाण्डु | अण् | पाण्डव: | Son of Pandu |
| मनु | अण् | मानव: | Son of Manu |
| कश्यप | अण् | काश्यप: | Son of Khasyap |
| यदु | अण् | यादव: | Son of Yadu |
| दशरथ | इञ् | दाशरथि: | Son of Dasratha (Rama) |
| वसुदेव | इञ् | वासुदेव: | Son of Vasudev (Krishna) |
| सुमित्रा | इञ् | सौमित्रि: | Son of Sumitra (Laxman) |
| द्रौण | इञ् | द्रौणि: | Son of Drona (Aswathama) |
| विनता | ढक् | वैनतेय: | Son of Vinita (Garuda) |
| कुन्ती | ढक् | कौन्तेय: | Son of Kunti (Arjun) |
| राधा | ढक् | राधेय: | Son of Radha (Karna) |
| माद्री | ढक् | माद्रेय: | Son of Madri (Nakul, Sahadeva) |
| अत्रि | ढक् | आत्रेय: | Son of Atri |
| दिति | ण्य | दैत्य: | Son of Diti |
| अदिति | ण्य | आदित्य: | Son of Aditi ( Surya ) |
| ककुत्स्थ | अण् | काकुत्स्थ | Son of Kakutstha ( Sri Rama ) |
Reference – https://ashtadhyayi.com/
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