महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-1, chapter-96, verse-54
ते चापि बृहती श्यामे नीलकुञ्चितमूर्धजे ।
रक्ततुङ्गनखोपेते पीनश्रोणिपयोधरे ॥५४॥
रक्ततुङ्गनखोपेते पीनश्रोणिपयोधरे ॥५४॥
54. te cāpi bṛhatī śyāme nīlakuñcitamūrdhaje ,
raktatuṅganakhopete pīnaśroṇipayodhare.
raktatuṅganakhopete pīnaśroṇipayodhare.
54.
te ca api bṛhatī śyāme nīlakuñcitamūrdhaje
raktatuṅganakhopete pīnaśroṇipayodhare
raktatuṅganakhopete pīnaśroṇipayodhare
54.
And they were tall, dark-complexioned, with dark and curly hair, endowed with prominent red nails, and possessed of plump hips and breasts.
Words meanings summery:
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- ते (te) - Ambikā and Ambālikā (they (two), those two)
- च (ca) - and, also
- अपि (api) - also, even, moreover
- बृहती (bṛhatī) - tall, large, great
- श्यामे (śyāme) - dark, dark-complexioned, dusky
- नीलकुञ्चितमूर्धजे (nīlakuñcitamūrdhaje) - having dark and curly hair
- रक्ततुङ्गनखोपेते (raktatuṅganakhopete) - endowed with prominent red nails
- पीनश्रोणिपयोधरे (pīnaśroṇipayodhare) - having plump hips and breasts
Words meanings and morphology
ते (te) - Ambikā and Ambālikā (they (two), those two)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, dual of tad
tad - that, those, they
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also, even, moreover
(indeclinable)
बृहती (bṛhatī) - tall, large, great
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, dual of bṛhat
bṛhat - large, great, tall, strong
Root: bṛh (class 1)
श्यामे (śyāme) - dark, dark-complexioned, dusky
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, dual of śyāmā
śyāmā - dark-complexioned, black, dusky
Feminine of śyāma (dark, black)
नीलकुञ्चितमूर्धजे (nīlakuñcitamūrdhaje) - having dark and curly hair
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, dual of nīlakuñcitamūrdhaja
nīlakuñcitamūrdhaja - having dark, curly hair
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nīla+kuñcita+mūrdhaja)
- nīla – dark, blue, black
adjective (masculine) - kuñcita – curled, bent, contracted
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root kuñc (to curl, bend)
Root: kuñc (class 1) - mūrdhaja – hair (literally 'born of the head')
noun (masculine)
Compound of mūrdhan (head) + ja (born)
Root: jan (class 4)
रक्ततुङ्गनखोपेते (raktatuṅganakhopete) - endowed with prominent red nails
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, dual of raktatuṅganakhopeta
raktatuṅganakhopeta - endowed with prominent red nails, having elevated reddish nails
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rakta+tuṅga+nakha+upeta)
- rakta – red, colored, dyed
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root rañj (to color, dye)
Root: rañj (class 1) - tuṅga – tall, prominent, elevated
adjective (masculine) - nakha – nail, claw
noun (neuter)
Root: nah (class 4) - upeta – endowed with, possessed of, approached
adjective (feminine)
Past Passive Participle
From root i (to go) with upa
Prefix: upa
Root: i (class 2)
पीनश्रोणिपयोधरे (pīnaśroṇipayodhare) - having plump hips and breasts
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, dual of pīnaśroṇipayodhara
pīnaśroṇipayodhara - having plump hips and breasts
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pīna+śroṇi+payodhara)
- pīna – plump, stout, full
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root pyāy (to swell, grow fat)
Root: pyāy (class 1) - śroṇi – hips, loins
noun (feminine)
Root: śru (class 1) - payodhara – breast (literally 'water-bearer' or 'cloud-bearer')
noun (masculine)
Compound of payas (water/milk) + dhara (bearer)
Root: dhṛ (class 1)