P177

Question 1

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
01.56 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
उच्चैस् ind.

Answer 1

HERE == ‘FROM ABOVE’
उच्चैस् ind. (sometimes used adjectively) aloft, high, above, upwards, from above ; उच्चैस् ind. loud, accentuated ; उच्चैस् ind. intensely, much, powerfully

Question 2

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
01.70 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
अङ्गुष्ठ m.

Answer 2

अङ्गुष्ठ m. the great toe ; the thumb
[MORE OFTEN MEANS ‘thumb’ SO HERE पादाङ्गुष्ठ IS USED TO SPECIFY ‘big toe’]
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VS.
अङ्गुलि f. any toe (including sometimes the great toe);
any finger (including sometimes the thumb)

Question 3

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
01.71 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
भक्तपरायण adj.

Answer 3

भक्तपरायण adj. ‘devoted to one’s devotees or worshippers, having one’s worshippers as one’s highest object’
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परायण n. (in fine compositi or ‘at the end of a compound’;f(ā-).) making anything one’s chief object, wholly devoted or destined to, engaged in, intent upon, filled or occupied with, affected or possessed by ( parāyaṇatā -tā- f. ) etc.

Question 4

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
01.72 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
ताल m.

Answer 4

ताल m. () the palmyra tree or fan-palm (Borassus flabelliformis, producing a sort of spirituous liquor;considered as a measure of height ;forming a banner ;to pierce seven fan-palms with one shot is held to be a great feat ) etc.

Question 5

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
01.72 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
निष्पत्र adj.

Answer 5

निष्पत्र adj. ‘whose leaves have fallen; devoid of leaves, leafless’
niṣpatram devoid of leaves SB 10.67.19-21

Question 6

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
01.72 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
सायक m.

Answer 6

सायक m. sāyakaḥ सायकः [सो-ण्वुल्] 1 An arrow; तत् साधुकृतसंधानं प्रतिसंहर सायकम् Ś.1.11. -2 A sword. -3 The number ‘five’ -4 The latitude of the sky. -Comp. -पुङ्खः the feathered part of an arrow; सक्ताङ्गुलिः सायकपुङ्ख एव R.2.31.

Question 7

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
01.72 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
धनुर्ज्या f.

Answer 7

== ज्या f. bowstring

धनुर्ज्या f. a bowstring