P316 Flashcards
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YUDDHA KĀṆḌAM
09.62 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
निनाशयिषु adj.
निनाशयिषु adj. ‘desiring to cause X to be killed’, ‘desiring to get X killed’,
(VS. निनशिषु OR निनङ्क्षु )== ‘desiring to perish’
HENCE…
राक्षसान् सर्वान्निनाशयिषुराहवे
== ‘(he, Ravana, knowing the jig was up and) desiring to get all the Demons killed in battle (in a kind of Goetterdaemmerung))…’
निनाशयिषु IS THE “PARTICIPLE” OF THE DESIDERATIVE OF THE CAUSATIVE OF √नश् ==>
Desiderative of Causal निनाशयिषति nināśayiṣati-, to wish to have X destroyed
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√नश् cl.4 P. () n/aśyati- (rarely te-and cl.1.P. n/aśati-, te-; perfect tense nanāśa-,3. plural neśur-; Aorist anaśat- etc.; aneśat-, n/eśat- [ confer, compare on ]; future naśiṣyati- ; naṅkṣyati-, te-[cond. anaṅkṣyata-] ; naśitā- ; naṃṣṭā- ; naṅgdhā- ; infinitive mood naśitum-, naṃṣum- grammar; ind.p. naśitvā-, naṣṭva-, naṃṣṭvā- ) to be lost, perish, disappear, be gone, run away etc. ; to come to nothing, be frustrated or unsuccessful etc.: Causal nāś/ayati-, Epic also te- (Aorist -anīnaśat-; dative case infinitive mood -nāśayadhyai- ) to cause to be lost or disappear, drive away, expel, remove, destroy, efface etc. ; to lose (also from memory), give up ; to violate, deflower (a girl) ; to extinguish (a fire) ; to disappear (in mā- nīnaśah-and naśuḥ-) : Desiderative ninaśiṣati- or ninaṅkṣati- (confer, compare ninaṅkṣu-) ; Desiderative of Causal nināśayiṣati-, to wish to destroy : Intensive nānaśyate- or nānaṃṣṭi- grammar ([ confer, compare Greek ; Latin nex,nocere]) .
YUDDHA KĀṆḌAM
09.66 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
स्नात mfn.
स्नात mfn. immersed or versed in (locative case or compound
HENCE…
वेदविद्याव्रतस्नातः
== ‘adept in the rituals and practices of the Veda’ (transl.)
LIT ‘immersed in Vedic knowledge and vows’
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snāta स्नात p. p. 1 Bathed, washed, purified by ablution; ततः शुक्लाम्बराः स्नातास्तरुणाः शतमष्ट च Mb.7.82.8. -2 Versed in; मन्ये त्वां विषये वाचां स्नातमन्यत्र छान्दसात् Bhāg. 1.4.13. -तः 1 One whose course of holy study is over; वणिङ्मुनिनृपस्नाता निर्गम्यार्थान् प्रपेदिरे Bhāg.1.21. 49. -2 An initiated householder; cf. स्नातक. -ता = ऋतुस्नाता; तपसा द्योतितां स्नातां ददर्श भगवानृषिः Mb.3.97.13.
YUDDHA KĀṆḌAM
09.61 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
लालस adj.
लालस adj. lālasa लालस a. Ardently longing for, eagerly desirous of, hankering after; प्रणामलालसाः K.14; ईशानसंदर्शनलाल- सानाम् Ku.7.56; Śi.4.6. -2 Taking pleasure in, devoted to, fond of, absorbed in; विलासलालसम् Gīt.1; रुदती शोकलालसा Rām.2.21.2; Mb.1.2.229; मृगया˚ &c. -सः = लालसा q. v. below.
YUDDHA KĀṆḌAM
09.66 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
वैश्रवण m.
== KUBERA (WHO WAS RAVANA’S HALF-BROTHER)
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वैश्रवण m. vaiśravaṇaḥ वैश्रवणः 1 N. of Kubera, the god of wealth; विभाति यस्यां ललितालकायां मनोहरा वैश्रवणस्य लक्ष्मीः Bv.2.1; यदाश्रोषं वैश्रवणेन सार्धम् Mb.1.1.166. -2 N. of Rāvaṇa. -Comp. -आलयः, -आवासः 1 the abode of Kubera. -2 the fig-tree. -उदयः the fig-tree.
Originally described as the chief of evil spirits in Vedic-era texts, Kubera acquired the status of a Deva (god) only in the Puranas and the Hindu epics. The scriptures describe that Kubera once ruled Lanka, but was overthrown by his demon half-brother Ravana, later settling in the city of Alaka in the Himalayas. Descriptions of the “glory” and “splendours” of Kubera’s city are found in many scriptures.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubera
