P198

Question 1

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
05.01 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
सानु m., n.

Answer 1

सानु m., n. sānu सानु m., n. 1 A peak, summit, ridge; सानूनि गन्धः सुरभीकरोति Ku.1.9; Me.2. Ki.5.36. -2 A level ground on the top of a mountain, table-land. -3 A shoot, sprout. -4 A forest, wood; आसीद् विशालो- त्तमसानुलक्ष्म्या पयोदपङ्क्त्येव परीतपार्श्वम् Bu. Ch.1.2. -5 A road. -6 Any surface, point, end. -7 A precipice. -8 A gale of wind. -9 A learned man. -1 The sun.

Question 2

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
05.03 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
प्रियकृत्स

Answer 2

प्रियकृत्स == प्रियकृत् + सः == ‘he (would be) doing me a favor’

Question 3

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
05.03 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
सपुत्रबलवाहन adj.

Answer 3

सपुत्रबलवाहन adj. ‘with one’s sons and one’s army’ (transl.)
I CANNOT FIND बलवाहन (‘force vehicle’) IN SANSKRIT OR ANY MODERN LANGUAGE EXCEPT IN NEPALI AS MEANING ‘force vehicle’. BUT THE MEANING OF ‘army’ SEEMS REQUIRED HERE AND बलवाहन CAN KIND OF MEAN THAT. MORE THAN THAT I CANNOT SAY.

Question 4

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
05.04 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
पयोनिधि m.

Answer 4

पयोनिधि m. == पयोधि m. ‘water-receptacle’==>Ocean; BUT ALSO, AS HERE, SPECIFICALLY ‘The Ocean of Milk’ FROM WHICH NECTAR WAS TAKEN DURING THE CREATION