सम्प्रदान
English meaning: recipient; indirect object
Definition
Sampradāna is the recipient kāraka, the one for whom something is given or intended. Defined as 'karmaṇā yamabhipraiti sa sampradānam', it takes the dative case.
Example
“विप्राय गां ददाति; अत्र विप्रः सम्प्रदानम्।”
In English: “He gives a cow to the brahmin; here the brahmin is the recipient.”
Another example: “सम्प्रदाने चतुर्थी स्यात्।”
Usage — When, Where & How
Pāṇinian technical term for the recipient kāraka, the one to whom a thing is given ('karmaṇā yamabhipraiti sa sampradānam', 1.4.32), taking the dative; core grammar vocabulary.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From सम् (sam) 'fully' + प्र (pra) 'forth' + √दा (dā) 'to give' + suffix -ana; literally 'the full giving (to a recipient)', the dative kāraka.
Synonyms
- प्रदान
- दानपात्र
Antonyms / Opposites
Related Words
Common Collocations
- सम्प्रदानकारकम्
- सम्प्रदाने चतुर्थी
- दानसम्प्रदानम्
- सम्प्रदानसंज्ञा
- अभिप्रैति सम्प्रदानम्
Word Forms
n., a-stem; nom./acc. सम्प्रदानम्, instr. सम्प्रदानेन, gen. सम्प्रदानस्य
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Literary Heritage
“मन्दः कवियशः प्रार्थी गमिष्याम्युपहास्यताम्। प्रांशुलभ्ये फले लोभादुद्बाहुरिव वामनः।।”
/Mandah kaviyashah prarthhi gamishyamyupahasytam. Pramshu-labhe phale lobhadud-bahur iva vamanah./
“Feeble-minded yet aspiring to a poet's fame, I go to be ridiculed — like a dwarf reaching for high fruit.”
“रामो विग्रहवान् धर्मः साधुः सत्यपराक्रमः”
/Ramo vigrahavan dharmah sadhuh satya-parakramah/
“Rama is righteousness incarnate — virtuous and true in valour.”
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- संस्कृतम्
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- Devanagari
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- Indo-Aryan
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