Karnatakabhashabhushana 4.18
Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa 4.18
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- Sanskrit
4.18.1
bhāvavacanē ’pi.
[A word] also [functions as singular] when expressing abstract state (bhāva).
4.18.2
bhāvākhyāyāṁ vartamānō yaḥ śabdaḥ sō ’py ēkavad bhavati.
A word that occurs in the designation of an abstract state is also treated as singular:
4.18.3
karpu
karpu [‘blackness’],
4.18.4
beḷpu
beḷpu [‘whiteness’],
4.18.5
taṇpu
taṇpu [‘coolness’],
4.18.6
tiṇpu
tiṇpu [‘thickness’],
4.18.7
kūrme
kūrme [‘affection’],
4.18.8
perme
perme [‘greatness’].
4.18.9
bahuḷādhikārāt beḷpugaḷ, teḷpugaḷ, iti bhavati.
Because of the governing rule of “variously” (bahuḷa), forms such as beḷpugaḷ [‘whitenesses’] and teḷpugaḷ [‘thinnesses’] occur.
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