BSEB Matric Optional Sanskrit flashcards

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विभक्ति

A case form within a nominal paradigm, whose actual semantic role depends on the construction rather than the ending alone.

कारक

A semantic relation to an action, which should be distinguished from mechanically naming the visible nominal case ending.

कर्तृ

The agent or relevant doer of an action, which need not always appear in the nominative under every voice construction.

कर्म

The object or affected entity of the relevant action, identified through the verb and actual construction rather than position alone.

करण

The means or instrument used in an action, distinguished from every possible use of an instrumental case form.

सम्प्रदान

The recipient relation associated with the relevant giving or benefiting construction, distinguished from the object transferred to that recipient.

अपादान

A source or separation relation, interpreted with the actual action rather than automatically equated with a destination.

अधिकरण

A locus or supporting location relation, as illustrated by the place in which someone resides or an action occurs.

सन्धि

A phonological joining process whose analysis recovers the original forms and explains what happens at their sound boundary.

समास

A compound construction whose classification follows the relationship of its members and, where relevant, the whole expression’s referent.

प्रत्यय

An affix participating in the relevant grammatical or word-formation derivation, whose identification requires the actual rule and form.

प्रथमपुरुष

The traditional Sanskrit verb-person category for the person spoken about, corresponding to third person in ordinary English terminology.

उत्तमपुरुष

The traditional Sanskrit verb-person category associated with the speaker, corresponding to first person in ordinary English terminology.

उपमा

An explicit comparison supported by a likeness relation in the supplied wording, not merely any mention of an attractive object.

रूपक

A metaphorical identification expressing one thing through another rather than using the same overt comparison structure as a simile.

अनुप्रास

A figure involving patterned repetition of sounds, whose presence should be demonstrated in the actual words of the expression.

अन्वय

The grammatical and meaningful connection among words, which can be clarified by reordering without changing the underlying relations.

अपठित

An unseen passage supplied for comprehension, whose own words provide the evidence rather than a presumed memorized lesson.

अनुवाद

Translation preserving the relevant facts, relations and tone across languages rather than exchanging isolated dictionary glosses mechanically.

अव्यय

An indeclinable form whose contribution can include connection, time or manner without following a nominal case paradigm.