Clarification re: compounds with kRt

[Guest guest]

Dear list members,

 

When I asked if compounds of the form xxx-kRt-yyyy were valid, I didn't mean

kRt affixes in general but compounds of the form for example " vighna-kRt "

..

vighna-kRt means "interfering"

So can I say vighna-kRn-nara "an interfering man" .

 

I ask the question because I've seen the note in Monier-Williams for - kRt -

"only ifc. Pan. 6-1 182 "

 

Many thanks,

Harry

 

Harry Spier

371 Brickman Rd.

Hurleyville, New York

USA 12747

[Guest guest]

The form vighna-kRn-nara seems perfectly possible. Forms like pApa-

kRt-tama and veda-vit-tama abound in the epics. While the forms with

-tama are viewed as cases of affixation by Panini, the PrAtizAkhyas

treat them as cases of compounding.

 

Madhav Deshpande

 

INDOLOGY, "Harry Spier" <harryspier@H...>

wrote:

>

> Dear list members,

>

> When I asked if compounds of the form xxx-kRt-yyyy were valid, I

didn't mean

> kRt affixes in general but compounds of the form for example "

vighna-kRt "

> .

> vighna-kRt means "interfering"

> So can I say vighna-kRn-nara "an interfering man" .

>

> I ask the question because I've seen the note in Monier-Williams

for - kRt -

> "only ifc. Pan. 6-1 182 "

>

> Many thanks,

> Harry

>

> Harry Spier

> 371 Brickman Rd.

> Hurleyville, New York

> USA 12747

[Guest guest]

I would also like to add that I have come across a high frequency of

expressions like sUtra-kRn-mata "opinion of the author of the sUtra",

vRtti-kRd-virodha "contradiction with the author of vRtti", bhASya-

kRd-vacana "words of the author of the bhASya" in the grammatical

literature. Longer compounds like bhASya-kRd-vacana-virodhApatti

"undesirable possibility of contradicting the words of the author of

the bhASya" are also common.

 

Madhav Deshpande

 

 

INDOLOGY, "deshpandem" <mmdesh@U...> wrote:

>

> The form vighna-kRn-nara seems perfectly possible. Forms like

pApa-

> kRt-tama and veda-vit-tama abound in the epics. While the forms

with

> -tama are viewed as cases of affixation by Panini, the PrAtizAkhyas

> treat them as cases of compounding.

>

> Madhav Deshpande

>

> INDOLOGY, "Harry Spier" <harryspier@H...>

> wrote:

> >

> > Dear list members,

> >

> > When I asked if compounds of the form xxx-kRt-yyyy were valid, I

> didn't mean

> > kRt affixes in general but compounds of the form for example "

> vighna-kRt "

> > .

> > vighna-kRt means "interfering"

> > So can I say vighna-kRn-nara "an interfering man" .

> >

> > I ask the question because I've seen the note in Monier-Williams

> for - kRt -

> > "only ifc. Pan. 6-1 182 "

> >

> > Many thanks,

> > Harry

> >

> > Harry Spier

> > 371 Brickman Rd.

> > Hurleyville, New York

> > USA 12747