P101

Question 1

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
08.07 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
गन्धिन् mfn.

Answer 1

मातृगन्धिनी == ‘a mother only in name’
गन्धिन् mfn. having a smell, odoriferous ; गन्धिन् mfn. smelling of (in compound) ; गन्धिन् mfn. in fine compositi or ‘at the end of a compound’ having (only the smell id est) a very little of anything ; गन्धिन् mfn. (mātṛ-gandhinī-,”a mother only by name”)

Question 2

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
08.12 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
कुञ्जर m.

Answer 2

कुञ्जर m. kuñjaraḥ कुञ्जरः [कुञ्जो हस्तिहनुः सो$स्यास्ति, कुञ्ज-र, ऊषसुषिपुष्क मधोरः P.V.2.17. Vārt.] 1 An elephant; प्राक्छाये कुञ्जरस्य च Ms.3.274. दन्तयोर्हन्ति कुञ्जरम् Mbh. on P.II.3.36. -2 Anything pre-eminent or excellent of its class (at the end of comp. only). Amara gives the following words used similarly :– स्युरुत्तरपदे व्याघ्रपुङ्गवर्षभकुञ्जराः । सिंहशार्दूलनागाद्याः पुंसि श्रेष्ठार्थवाचकाः ॥ -3 The Aśvattha tree. -4 The lunar asterism called हस्त. -5 Hair. -6 Head. -7 An ornament; कुञ्जरः कुन्तले पुमान् मस्तके भूषणे नागे … Nm. -8 The number ‘eight’ (from eight elephants of the cardinal points). -रा, -री 1 A female elephant. -2 N. of a flower-plant. -Comp. -अनीकम् the division of an army consisting of elephant-corps. -अरिः a lion. -अशनः the Aśvattha tree. -अरातिः 1 a lion. -2 Śarabha (a fabulous animal with 8 feet). -आरोहः an elephant’s driver; Rām.6. -ग्रहः an elephant-catcher; नाश्वबन्धो$श्वमाजानन्न गजं कुञ्जरग्रहः Rām.2.91.57. -च्छायः A famous Yoga in Astrology in which the moon is in the मघानक्षत्र and the sun is in the हस्तनक्षत्र.

Question 3

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
08.14 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
उवास VERB FORM

Answer 3

उवास   uvāsa: third person singular perfect parasmaipada √vas
SO THE PERFECT OF  
√वस्   'dwell' उवास ऊषुः 
IS EXACTLY PARALLEL TO THAT OF 
√वच् 'speak' उवाच ऊचुः

Question 4

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
08.10 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
आहार m.

Answer 4

आहार m. HERE == ‘food’
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āhāra आहार a. (रा or री f.) 1 Bringing near, procuring, getting; भाराहारः कार्यवशात् Sk. -2 Going to fetch; अयं गच्छति भर्ता मे फलाहारो महावनम् Mb.3.296.23. -रः 1 Taking, fetching, or bringing near; निर्गतस्तु पुराद्वीरो भक्ष्याहारप्रचोदितः Rām.7.68.2. -2 Employing, using. -3 Taking food. -4 Food; (आहरन्ति रसमस्मादित्याहारः Sk.); ˚वृत्तिमकरोत् Pt.1 took his dinner; फलाहार, ˚वृत्तिः means of livelihood; भैक्षाहारः living on alms; यवाहार, निराहार &c. -Comp. -अर्थिन् a. begging or seeking for food. -तेजस् Quicksilver. -निःसरणमार्गः the posterior part, passage of voiding excrements. -पाकः 1 cooking. -2 digestion (of food). -विरहः want of food, privation, starvation. -संभवः the juice of the body, chyle, lymph.

Question 5

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
08.11 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
तूष्णीम् अवतस्थिवान्

Answer 5

तूष्णीम् अवतस्थिवान् == तूष्णीम् बभुव == ‘he lapsed into silence’
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√अवस्था == अव + स्था P. -tiṣṭhati- (imperfect tense -atiṣṭhat-; Aorist subjunctive -sthāt-; perf. A1.3. sg. -tasthe-; perf. p. P. -tasthiv/as-) to go down into (accusative), reach down to (accusative) ; (Aorist subjunctive 2. plural -sthāta-), to go away from (ablative) ; (Aorist subjunctive 1. sg. -sthām-) to be separated from or deprived of (ablative) : A1. (;rarely P. exempli gratia, ‘for example’ etc.) to take one’s stand, remain standing etc. ; to stay, abide, stop at any place (locative case) etc. ; to abide in a state or condition (instrumental case) etc. ; (with ind.p.) to remain or continue (doing anything) , etc. ; to be found, exist, be present ; (perf. 1. sg. -tasthe-) to fall to, fall into the possession of (dative case) ; to enter, be absorbed in in (locative case) ; to penetrate (as sound or as fame) : Passive voice -sthīyate-, to be settled or fixed or chosen : Causal (generally ind.p. -sthāpya-) to cause to stand or stop (as a carriage or an army etc.), let behind etc. ; to place upon (locative case), fix, set, array etc. ; to cause to enter or be absorbed in (locative case) ; to render solid or firm ; to establish (by arguments) commentator or commentary on : Passive voice Causal -sthāpyate-, to be kept firm [“to be separated” ]