Sanskrit

Noun

तत्पुरुष • ‎(tatpuruṣa) m

1. the original or supreme spirit (one of the 5 forms of ईश्वर).
2. 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 बहु-व्रीहि compounds) its grammatical independence (whether as noun or adj. or p.)
3. two subdivisions of these compounds are called कर्म-धारय and द्वि-गु (qq.vv.)

Descendants

• Telugu: తత్పురుషము ‎(tatpuruṣamu)