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Definition of Dvandva
1. Noun. (linguistics) A copulative or coordinative type of a compound in which members, if not compounded, would be in the same case and connect by the conjunction (term and). Common in languages such as Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese, but less so in English. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dvandva
1. a type of compound word [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dvandva
Literary usage of Dvandva
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Second Book of Sanskrit: Being a Treatise on Grammar, with Exercises by Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar (1881)
"fA compound of the class called dvandva consists of nouns which, if not compounded,
would be joined by the copulative particle ; as 2. a. ..."
2. A Sanskrit Grammar for Beginners, in Devanâgarî and Roman Letters Throughout by Friedrich Max Müller (1870)
"The next class, called dvandva, consists of compounds in which two words are
simply joined together, the compound taking either the terminations of the dual ..."
3. A Practical grammar of the Sanskrit language: Arranged with Reference to the by Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1864)
"COPULATIVE (OR AGGREGATIVE) COMPOUNDS (dvandva). 746. This class of compounds
has no exact parallel in other languages. When two or more persons or things ..."
4. The Sanskrit Teacher: Containing Interesting Sentences and Verses from by Kamalashankar Pranshankar Trivedi (1918)
"... AND dvandva m»T:; •ft: (Here t members of compounds are in apposition), this
compound there may be two or more rue hers and they are ..."
5. The Denotation of Generic Terms in Ancient Indian Philosophy: Grammar, Nyaya by Peter M. Scharf (1996)
"Hence there is no need to state the rule 1.2.64, that one remains. See MB-K, vol.
1, p. 238, lines 2-5. 27A dvandva compound also gives simultaneous ..."
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