Karnatakabhashabhushana 6.8
English (machine translation) 6.8
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6.8.1
[6.8] The bahuvrīhi compound has the external referent as primary.
6.8.2
A compound in which the meaning of another inflected word is current receives the technical term 'bahuvrīhi compound'.
6.8.3
karbuvillaṁ ['one who has a sugarcane bow']
6.8.4
kuḍuvillaṁ ['one who has a bent bow']
6.8.5
kallerdeyaṁ ['one who has a stone heart']
6.8.6
kusigoralaṁ ['one who has a thin neck']
6.8.7
nuccakkivallaṁ ['one who likes broken rice']
6.8.8
kendaleyaṁ ['one who has a red head']
6.8.9
mellaḍiyaṁ ['one who has soft feet']
6.8.10
kuṟugeyyaṁ ['one who has short arms']
6.8.11
bisugadiraṁ ['he who has hot rays', i.e., the sun]
6.8.12
taṇgadiraṁ ['he who has cool rays', i.e., the moon]
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- Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa — Nāgavarma II, Sanskrit