P238

Question 1

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
03.04 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
इक्ष्वाकु m.

Answer 1

इक्ष्वाकु m. Ikṣvākuḥ इक्ष्वाकुः 1 N. of the celebrated ancestor of the Solar kings who ruled in Ayodhyā; (he was the first of the Solar kings and was a son of Manu Vaivasvata; (cf. Bhāg. क्षुवतस्तु मनोर्जज्ञ इक्ष्वाकुर्घाणतः सुतः); इक्ष्वाकुवंशो$भि- मतः प्रजानाम् U.1.44. -2 (pl.) Descendants of Ikṣvāku; गलितवयसामिक्ष्वाकूणामिदं हि कुलव्रतम् R.3.7. -क्रुः f. A kind of bitter gourd, Cucurbita Lagenaria (Mar. कडू दुध्या).

Question 2

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
03.08 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
रहिते रामचन्द्रेण

Answer 2

रहिते रामचन्द्रेण LOC + INSTR
(COMPREHENSIBLE BUT UNTRANSLATABLE IN ENGLISH)
== ‘without the knowledge of Rāma’
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SEE THE 5.2.32 HERE FOR THE EXACT SAME CONSTRUCTION

Question 3

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
03.10 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
मैत्री f.

Answer 3

मैत्री f. ALLIANCE, maitrī f. goodwill (towards, lc.); friendship, intimate association; close con tact, union (with, –°ree;, of inanimate objects); equality, similarity with (–°ree;); Goodwill (per sonified as daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma): -paksha-pâta, m. partiality for any one’s friendship; -pûrva, a. preceded by friendship; -bhâva, m. friendship; -maya, a. humane.