P233

Question 1

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.11 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
कुञ्जर m.

Answer 1

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.
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DISTINGUISH FROM
पञ्जर n. birdcage
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पुञ्ज m. multitude

Question 2

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.13 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
सँल्लीन == संलीन adj. (सम् + PPP लीन FROM √ली IX लीनाति)

Answer 2

सँल्लीन == संलीन adj. HIDDEN, CONCEALED (सम् + PPP लीन FROM √ली IX लीनाति)
saṃlīna संलीन p. p. 1 Clung, adhered to. -2 Joined together. -3 Hidden, concealed. -4 Cowering down. -5 Contracted, shrunk. -Comp. -कर्ण a. with the ears hanging down. -मानस a. depressed in mind, in drooping spirits.
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√ली IX लीनाति PPP लीन (see rī-) cl.9 P. () lināti-, to adhere, obtain (not usually found) ; cl.1 P. layati- (), to melt, liquefy, dissolve (not usually found) ; cl.4 A1. () l/īyate- (Vedic or Veda also lāyate-; perfect tense lilye-, lilyuḥ- etc.; lilāya-, lalau- grammar; Aorist aleṣṭa- ; alaiṣīt-, alāsīt-, alāsta- grammar; future letā-, lātā-; leṣyati-or lāsyati-, te- ; infinitive mood letumorla1tum ; ind.p. -lāyam- ; līya- etc.) , to cling or press closely, stick or adhere to (locative case) etc. ; to remain sticking ; to lie, recline, alight or settle on, hide or cower down in (locative case), disappear, vanish etc.: Causal P. lāpayati- or lāyayati-, to cause to cling etc. etc. ; A1. lāpayate-, to deceive ; to obtain honour ; to humble : Desiderative lilīṣati-, te- grammar : Intensive lelīyate-, lelayīti-, leleti- (see lelāya-).

Question 3

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.14 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
√ली IX लीनाति , IV MIDDLE लीयते PPP लीन

Answer 3

अलीयत == ‘he crouched, he cowered, he hid” (“he MELTED (CLASS IV) into the landscape”)
3RD, SG, IMPF, MED., INDIC ( cl.4 A1. () l/īyate- )
√ली IX लीनाति PPP लीन √ली (see rī-) cl.9 P. () lināti-, to adhere, obtain (not usually found) ; cl.1 P. layati- (), to melt, liquefy, dissolve (not usually found) ; cl.4 A1. () l/īyate- (Vedic or Veda also lāyate-; perfect tense lilye-, lilyuḥ- etc.; lilāya-, lalau- grammar; Aorist aleṣṭa- ; alaiṣīt-, alāsīt-, alāsta- grammar; future letā-, lātā-; leṣyati-or lāsyati-, te- ; infinitive mood letumorla1tum ; ind.p. -lāyam- ; līya- etc.) , to cling or press closely, stick or adhere to (locative case) etc. ; to remain sticking ; to lie, recline, alight or settle on, hide or cower down in (locative case), disappear, vanish etc.: Causal P. lāpayati- or lāyayati-, to cause to cling etc. etc. ; A1. lāpayate-, to deceive ; to obtain honour ; to humble : Desiderative lilīṣati-, te- grammar : Intensive lelīyate-, lelayīti-, leleti- (see lelāya-).

Question 4

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.14 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
नीलाञ्जनचयोपम adj.

Answer 4

नीलाञ्जनचयोपम adj. ‘resembling a pile of dark-blue antimony/ointment (i.e. “eye-shadow”)’
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अञ्जन n. == EYE-SHADOW
act of applying an ointment or pigment, embellishing, etc.,; black pigment or collyrium applied to the eyelashes or the inner coat of the eyelids

Question 5

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.16 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
तस्मिन् दिनेऽपररात्रौ

Answer 5

तस्मिन् दिनेऽपररात्रौ THIS MUST == (AS THE transl. TAKES IT) ‘during the previous night’
BUT अपर DOES NOT SEEM EVER TO MEAN ‘previous’ (ALTHOUGH IT CAN SOMETIMES MEAN ‘following’)
MAYBE IT MEANS, ‘on that day, towards the end of the night’ MEANING AN EARLY MORNING DREAM FROM EARLIER THAT SAME DAY JUST BEFORE WAKING (?)
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LIT (?) ‘on this day on the following night’ (?) ODD…

Question 6

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.19 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
वाक्शर m.

Answer 6

वाक्शर m. vākśara LIT. ‘a speech-arrow’, AN UNKIND WORD

Question 7

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.19 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
नितर mfn.

Answer 7

नितर mfn. deeply fixed (in the earth), standing firm,

Question 8

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.21 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
किङ्किणी f.

Answer 8

किङ्किणी f. a small bell etc.

Question 9

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.21 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
शिञ्जित adj.

Answer 9

शिञ्जित adj. śiñjita शिञ्जित p. p. Tinkling, jingling. -तम् Tinkling, jingling (an anklet &c.); कूजितं राजहंसानां नेदं नूपुरशिञ्जितम् V.4.14; मञ्जुमञ्जीरशिञ्जितमनोहरमम्बिकायाः K. P.; रञ्जयामास जननीं मणिमञ्जीरशिञ्जितम् Śiva B.7.8. -2 Clanking (of chains).
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PPP √शिञ्ज् II शिङ्क्ते cl.2 A1. () śiṅkte- (according to to also cl.1.10. A1. śiñjate-, śiñjayate-; pr. p. śiñjāna-,or śiñjat-[see below] ; perfect tense śiśiñje- grammar; Aorist aśiñjiṣṭa- ; future śiñjitā-, śiñjiṣyate- ), to utter a shrill sound, tinkle, rattle, jingle, whirr, buzz, hum, twang, bellow, roar [ confer, compare collateral siñj-.]