P256

Question 1

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
05.22 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
रक्षिणस्ताननादृत्य दधिवक्त्रेण नोदितान् ॥ २२॥

Answer 1

रक्षिणस्ताननादृत्य दधिवक्त्रेण नोदितान् ॥ २२॥
== ‘having ignored the (monkey) guards who were under orders (नोदितान्) from (impelled by) Dadhivaktra [a.k.a. Dadhimukha] (one of the monkey lords mentioned earlier)

Question 2

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
05.29 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
अवनीसुता f.

Answer 2

अवनीसुता f. == धरासुता f. == ‘daughter of Earth’ == ‘Durgā, the Goddess’ == ‘Sītā’
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अवनी f. the earth
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CF. अवनि f. riverbed, course of a river; earth, ground
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Question 3

SUNDARA KĀṆḌAM
05.29 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
अवनी f.

Answer 3

अवनी f. == धरा f. == the earth