P054

Question 1

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
02.41 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
ते ददतुः

Answer 1

ते ददतुः “those two women gave”

(1) तौ ते ते IS NAV DUAL OF सः
(2) ददतुः IS 3RD DUAL PERF ACT INDIC √दा ‘to give’

Question 2

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
02.42 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
√परिचर् == परि + √चर् == परिचरति

Answer 2

√परिचर् == परि + √चर् == परिचरति
TO WORSHIP A GOD/DESS
परिचर् P. -carati- (perfect tense -cacāra- ind.p. -carya-), to move or walk about, go round (accusative), circumambulate etc. ; to attend upon or to (accusative,rarely genitive case), serve, honour : Causal P. -cārayati- (ind.p. -cārya-), to surround ; to wait on, attend to ; to cohabit ; (A1. te-), to be served or waited upon

Question 3

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
02.43 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
कामुक adj.

Answer 3

कामुक adj. kāmuka कामुक a. (-का, or -की f.) [कम्-उकञ् P.III.2.154.] 1 Wishing, desirous. दुर्योधनमवाचीनं राज्यकामुकमातुरम् Mb. 8.8.17. -2 Lustful, libidinous. -कः 1 A lover, a libidinous man. दास्याः कामुकः, वृषल्याः कामुकः Mbh. on P. II.3.69. कामुकैः कुम्भीलकैश्च परिहर्तव्या चन्द्रिका M.4; R.19.33; Ṛs.6.9. -2 A sparrow. -3 The Aśoka tree. ˚कान्ता f. N. of Mādhavi creeper. -का A woman desirous of wealth. -की A libidinous or lustful woman.

Question 4

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
02.49 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
धात्री f.

Answer 4

FROM √धा[2] IV धयति TO SUCK
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IN THIS CASE THE WETNURSE OR FOSTER MOTHER OF MANTHARA, THE HUNCHBACKED SERVANT OF KAIKEYI
धात्री f. dhātrī धात्री 1 A nurse, wet-nurse, fostermother; उवाच धात्र्या प्रथमोदितं वचः R.3.25; Ku.7.25. -2 A mother; Y.3.82; सुविचार्य गुणान् दोषान् कुर्याद् धात्रीं तदेदृशीम् Bhāva. P. -3 The earth; सद्यस्तनं परिमलं परिपीय धात्र्याः Rām. Ch.5.5. -4 The tree called आमलक. -Comp. -पुत्रः 1 a fosterbrother. -2 an actor. -पुष्पिका N. of a tree (धव). -फलम् An Āmalaka fruit. धात्रेयिका dhātrēyikā धात्रेयी dhātrēyī धात्रेयिका धात्रेयी 1 A foster-sister; धात्रेयिकायाश्चतुरं वचश्च Māl.1.33; कथितमेव नो मालतीधात्रेय्या लवङ्गिकया Māl.1; Mb.3.269.9,1,16. -2 A nurse, wet-nurse.

Question 5

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
02.42 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
प्रतिश्रुतम् indc.

Answer 5

प्रतिश्रुतम्  indc. 'as promised'
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FROM 
प्रतिश्रुत	mfn. heard;
प्रतिश्रुत	mfn. promised (also in marriage), assented, agreed, accepted (te-,"the promise having been made")

Question 6

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
02.45 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
मन्थरा f.

Answer 6

मन्थरा f. Name of a humpbacked female slave of bharata-‘s mother kaikeyī- (according to to an incarnation of the gandharvī- dundubhī-; according to to a daughter of virocana-)
mantharā noun (feminine) name of a humpbacked female slave of Bharata’s mother Kaikeyī(Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
NOTE: THE HUNCHBACK SERVANT OF THE BLIND MAN IN THE STORY OF THE THREE-BREASTED WOMAN IN THE PANCHATANTRA WAS मन्थरक
SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING OF A STOCK CHARACTER, MALE AND FEMALE
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FROM
manthara मन्थर a. [मन्थ्-अरच्] 1 Slow, dull, tardy, lazy, inactive; गर्भमन्थरा Ś.4; प्रत्यभिज्ञानमन्थरो$भवत् ibid; स्थाने खल्वयं प्रसवमन्थरो$भूत् M.5; दरमन्थरचरणविहारम् Gīt.11; Śi.6.4;7.18;5.62; R.19.21. -2 Stupid, foolish, silly; मन्थरकौलिकः. -3 Low, deep, hollow, having a low tone. -4 Large, broad, wide, big. -5 Bent, crooked, curved. -6 Indicating, showing (सूचक). -रः 1 A store, treasure. -2 The hair of the head. -3 Wrath, anger. -4 Fresh butter. -5 A churning-stick. -6 Hindrance, an obstacle. -7 A stronghold. -8 Fruit. -9 A spy, an informer. -1 The month Vaiśākha. -11 The mountain Mandara. -12 An antelope. -रा N. of a humpbacked nurse or slave of Kaikeyī who instigated her mistress, on the eve of Rāma’s coronation as heir-apparent, to beg of her husband by the two boons formerly promised to her by him, the banishment of Rāma for fourteen years and the installation of Bharata on the throne; मन्थरां प्रविशस्वादौ कैकेयीं च ततः परम् A. Rām. -रम् Safflower. -Comp. -विवेक a. slow in judgment, void of discrimination; उन्मथ्य मन्थरविवेकमकाण्ड एव Māl.1.18.

Question 7

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
02.47 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
कुब्ज adj.

Answer 7

कुब्ज adj. kubja कुब्ज a. [कु ईषत् उब्जमार्जवं यत्र शकं˚ Tv.] Humpbacked, crooked. अन्धाः खञ्जाः कुब्जा वामनकाश्च Garbha. Up.3. -ब्जः 1 A curved sword. -2 A hump on the back. -3 A sort of fish; Mb.7.56.8. -ब्जा A young female servant of Kaṁsa, said to be deformed in three parts of her body. [Kṛiṣṇa and Balarāma, while proceeding to Mathurā, saw her on the high road carrying unguent to Kaṁsa. They asked her if she would give them some portion of it, and she gave as much as they wanted. Kṛiṣṇa, being very much pleased with her kindness, made her perfectly straight, and she began to appear a most beautiful woman.] -Comp. -किरातः -वामनः a. hump-backed person and a dwarf. -गामिन् a. going crookedly, going astray; बुद्धयः कुब्ज- गामिन्यो भवन्ति महतामपि Pt.2.5. -लीला the manner, gait or character of a hump-backed person; Ś.2.

Question 8

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
02.47 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
त्रिवक्र adj

Answer 8

त्रिवक्र adj ‘bent in three places’ I.E. HAVING VERY POOR POSTURE