P235

Question 1

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.34 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
अमानुष adj.

Answer 1

अमानुष adj. amānuṣa अमानुष a. (-षी f.) 1 Not human, not belonging to man, supernatural, unearthly, superhuman; आकृतिरेवा- नुमापयत्यमानुषताम् K.132, ˚आकृतिः K.131,132,258; ˚शक्तित्वम् 13; ˚गीतध्वनिम् 126 an unearthly melody. -2 Inhuman, monster-like; ill-disposed towards man. -3 Tenantless, desolate; ˚षं वनम् 135. -षः, -षी One not a man, an irrational animal; Ms.9.284, स्त्रीणामशिक्षित- पटुत्वममानुषीषु संदृश्यते Ś.5.22.

Question 2

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.38 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
मन्दोदरी f.

Answer 2

मन्दोदरी f. Mandodarī - the name of Rāvaṇa-‘s favourite wife (daughter of Maya- and mother of Indra-jit-;she advised her husband to deliver sītā- to rāma-, but he did not heed her;she is regarded as one of the five very chaste women, the other four being ahalyā-, draupadī-, sītā-, and tārā-) etc.

Question 3

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.38 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
उच्चैः ind

Answer 3

त्वामेव वरयन्त्युच्चै: == ‘they HIGHLY desire thee alone’
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उच्चैः ind HERE == उच्चैस् ind. intensely, much, powerfully, HIGHLY
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MORE OFTEN IT MEANS ‘on high’ OR ‘loudly’. m BUT HERE NEITHER OF THOSE MEANINGS WILL WORK.

Question 4

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.42 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
शय्या f.

Answer 4

शय्या f. (in fine compositi or ‘at the end of a compound’ f(ā-).) a bed, couch, sofa (accusative with saṃ-viś-or adhi-ṣṭhā-[ sthā-],”to go to bed or to rest”;with Causal of ā-ruh-,”to take [a woman] to bed, have sexual intercourse with”[acc.]; śayyāyām- ā-rūḍha- mfn.”gone to bed, lying in bed”) etc.

Question 5

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.42 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
प्रातराश m.

Answer 5

प्रातराश	m. Frühstück, morning meal, breakfast
(LIT. EARLY EATING)
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प्रातर्	ind. (fr. 1. pra-; pr/ātar- ) in the early morning. at daybreak, at dawn  etc. (prātaḥ prātah-,every morning,
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आश m. food; eating
FROM √अश्  IX EAT, CONSUME)

Question 6

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.33 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
घात m.

Answer 6

घात m. ghātaḥ घातः [हन्-णिच् घञ्] 1 A blow, stroke, bruise, hit; ज्याघात Ś.3.13; नयनशरघात Gīt.1; so पार्ष्णिघातः शिरोघात &c. -2 Killing, hurting, destruction, slaughter, deathsentence; वियोगो मुग्धाक्ष्याः स खलु रिपुघातावधिरभूत् U.3.44; पशुघातः Gīt.1; Y.2.159;3.252. तत्र रत्नोपभोगे घातः Kau. A.2.8. -3 An arrow. -4 Power. -5 The product of a sum in multiplication. -6 Whipping; कोशाधि- ष्ठितस्य कोशावच्छेदे घातः Kau. A.2.5. -7 (in Astr.) Entrance. (In comp. translated by ‘inauspicious’; ˚दिवसः) -Comp. -कृच्छ्रम् a kind of urinary disease; Śārṅg. S. 7.57. -चन्द्रः the moon when in an inauspicious mansion determined by one’s natal zodiacal sign. -तिथिः an inauspicious lunar day. -नक्षत्रम् an inauspicious constellation. -वारः an inauspicious day of the week. -स्थानम् a slaughter-house, place for execution; कदाचि- दियमालोक्यैव संनिकृष्टं घातस्थानम् Nāg.4.

Question 7

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
02.40 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
आदरण n.

Answer 7

आदरण n. आदरणम् Notice, respect. आदरणीय ādaraṇīya आदर्तव्य ādartavya आदरणीय आदर्तव्य pot. p. Venerable, respectful.