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Telugu – पूज्यम् —-

What about Devadatta - what is he doing ?

वाडो पेद्द पूज्यम् ( वाडु =he ; ओ = oka = certain ; पेद्द = big - ए is lengthened for special effect , otherwise short ; पूज्यम् = zero = useless (deserves worship but you get nothing in return) .

पूज्यम् – पूजाम् अर्हति – पूज पूजने , चुरादिः - पूजयति – ’ अर्हे कृत्यतृचश्च ’ पा सू 3-3-169 ( लिङ्बाधनार्थं सूत्रम् ) - कृत्यल्युटो बहुळम् पा सू 3-3-113 यत् – पूज्यः ।

In Telugu ’ पूज्यम् ’ is used to denote ’ शून्यम् ’ (it is taken as ’ अमहत् ’ – समुद्रमु / समुद्रुडु ) ।

’ विग्रहपुष्टि नैवेद्यनष्टि ’ ( a mammoth icon ( bulgy body ) waste of oblation – the person eats a lot but doesn’t do anything - a useless fellow ..

When पूजाम् अर्हति - how can it denote the opposite meaning ?

There is चित्राधिकरणन्याय in पूर्वमीमांसा 1-4-2 –

चित्रया यजेत पशुकामः ( तैत्तिरीयसंहिता 2-4-9) - one who is desirous of animals should perform चित्रयाग ।

Okay , Devadatta performed चित्रयाग - but he did not get animals !! - why ?

The above वैदिकवाक्यम् does not say the that the person who performed चित्रयाग would get animals immediately .

The same is the case with पूजा also - the देवता (both genders) does not grant your wish immediately .

So the one who expected his wish to be granted immediately thinks the पूजा as a mere waste – so पूज्यम् .

On the other hand , it is a Sanskrit word (not used in that language in this sense) but used as a तत्सम in Telugu in the specific sense .

Sanskrit

Panini registered 35 तत्पुरुषसमासs as निपातs –

शब्दs are offered by Panini in two ways –

1. विधिः – both प्रकृति and प्रत्यय are given and one has to just put them together – कृ + तव्य = कर्तव्यम् ।
2. निपातः – a शब्द , that can be used is given ( निपातः = उच्चारणम् ) and one has to deduce the प्रकृति and the प्रत्यय – श्रोत्रियंश्छन्दो’धीते – श्रुति + घन् ।

पात्रेसमितादयश्च पा सू 2-1-47 – एते निपात्यन्ते क्षेपे (=निन्दायाम्) । अयम् आकृतिगणः (there may be more) |

• पात्रेसमिताः – they get together at the time of भोजनम् but not in कार्यम् ।
• गेहेशूरः – he is a warrior in the house not outside .

वन्ध्यापुत्रः - गगनकुसुमम् etc also can be taken as examples .