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Question 1

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
01.07 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
सुरसाभिधा f.

Answer 1

सुरसाभिधा f. == ‘named Surasā’,
सुरसा (‘Surasā’) + अभिधा (== अभिहिता == ‘named’)
THIS IS Surasā, THE GODDESS-MOTHER OF THE NĀGAS

Question 2

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
01.07 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
॰अभिध adj.

Answer 2

॰अभिध adj. IFC  == अभिहित == 'named'
abhidha	adjective (ifc.) called

Question 3

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
01.18 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
आयाम m.

Answer 3

आयाम m. == ‘LENGTH; EXTENT’
āyāmaḥ आयामः [आ-यम्-घञ्] 1 Length; तिर्यगायामशोभी Me. 59. -2 Expansion, extension; Ki.7.6. -3 Stretching, extending. -4 Restraint, control, stopping; प्राणायाम- परायणाः Bg.4.29; प्राणायामः परं तपः Ms.2.83.

Question 4

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
01.18 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
योजनायामदेह adj.

Answer 4

योजनायामदेह adj. ‘yojana-expanded-bodied”

HAVING EXPANDED ONE’S OWN BODY TO THE SIZE OF A LEAGUE/MILE

Question 5

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
01.09 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
परीक्षणार्थम् indc

Answer 5

परीक्षणार्थम् indc == ‘for the purpose of examination’, ‘in order to test him’
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परीक्षण n. parīkṣaṇam परीक्षणम् Putting to test, testing, examining; गुणदोष- परीक्षणम् Ms.1.117; Y.2.177.
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√परीक्ष् ( pari-īkṣ-) A1. parīkṣate- (pr. p. parīkṣat- ;imp. pary-aikṣat-[ -aicchat-] ), to look round, inspect carefully, try, examine, find out, observe, perceive etc. etc.: Causal parīkṣayati-, to cause to examine or investigate

Question 6

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
01.13 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
वदन n.

Answer 6

वदन n. == MOUTH (not ‘speech’ or whatever), JUST ‘MOUTH’, FACE, COUNTENANCE, ETC.
LIKE वक्त्र n. BELOW IN VERSE 17,
BOTH LITERALLY MEAN ‘speaker’ BUT THEY NEVER HAVE THAT LITERAL MEANING - THEY JUST MEAN MOUTH OR FACE
SAME WITH आनन n. (LIT. ‘breather’) WHICH ALSO ONLY EVER MEANS ‘face’

Question 7

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
01.13 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
क्षुधासम्पीडितात्मनः

Answer 7

क्षुधासम्पीडितात्मनः SC. मे OR मम == FOR MY HUNGER-PRESSED-SELF