BBS Shabdamala 005 – DHATU – Periodic Table of Vocabulary

2000 Dhatus that max with 3 letters are the basic ingredients (metals) from which one can engineer millions of words. Just two pages of A4 size paper are enough to carry this world’s unique compact dictionary. This one is composed by Mahrshi Panini around 500 bc. To ones curiosity this has been tabulated below to have an idea. Though they are written in Devanagari its not limited to Devanagari. It can be in any scriptural letters in the world if they have capacity to embrace it and reproduce the phonetics. Rest all are 100 odds fixtures and fasteners to derive and compose meaningful words in all possible ways. It needs a good cook though. The potency of each Dhatu is a seed of an unique action. It can be compared to the periodic table we studied in Chemistry subject.

DHATUPATH – Table of Dhatus

Dhatupath page 1
Dhatupath page 2

If suppose there is competition in future in proving the right noun for any object (e.g. Water) then this dictionary will a playing a key role to challenge all other words named for it.

Actual there is no noun as such to start with. All are derived from the actions only. Based on the properties of the action or result of the action the products/ objects are named. If you take your name it will have the roots in the actions.

The Sanskrit is the oldest framework available and theoretically the only one. The best shall have right to serve. The Better shall be preserved.