RULE id: tatpurușa (1410) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_II_p157) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: tatpurușa STATUS: empirical ASSERTIONS: - [definition] Tatpurușa is a grammatical compound where the last member is qualified by the first without losing its grammatical independence. -- p.vol_II_p157 "The compound tatpurușa is a "class of compounds (formed like the word tat-purușa 'his servant') in which the last member is qualified by the first without losin" CITED_RULES: - bahuvrihi (definition) CONFIDENCE: empirical PROTECT: false