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10/29/09

matup pratyayaantas

matup pratyayaanta-s

*तद् अस्य अस्ति इति मतुप्
One who has - is a matup


Words like 

हनुमान् (hanumaan)
श्रीमान् (shrImaan)
बुद्धिमान् (buddhimaan)
विद्यावान् (vidyaavaan)
are examples.  They denote meanings as 'one who has ___'.  (chin, wealth, intellect, knowledge, respectively in the above words.)
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