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10,8

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-8, verse-64

कालीं रक्तास्यनयनां रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनाम् ।
रक्ताम्बरधरामेकां पाशहस्तां शिखण्डिनीम् ॥६४॥
64. kālīṁ raktāsyanayanāṁ raktamālyānulepanām ,
raktāmbaradharāmekāṁ pāśahastāṁ śikhaṇḍinīm.
64. kālīm raktāsyayanānām raktamālyānulepanām
raktāmbaradharām ekām pāśahastām śikhaṇḍinīm
64. ekām kālīm raktāsyayanānām raktamālyānulepanām
raktāmbaradharām pāśahastām śikhaṇḍinīm
64. (He beheld) a singular dark-skinned goddess, (like) Kālī, whose face and eyes were red, adorned with red garlands and smeared with red ointments, dressed in red garments, holding a noose in her hand, and crowned with a crest.

Words meanings summery:

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  • कालीम् (kālīm) - the goddess Kālī (a fierce form of the divine mother) (dark-skinned, black)
  • रक्तास्ययनानाम् (raktāsyayanānām) - having a red face and eyes
  • रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनाम् (raktamālyānulepanām) - wearing red garlands and smeared with red unguents
  • रक्ताम्बरधराम् (raktāmbaradharām) - wearing red garments
  • एकाम् (ekām) - one, singular, unique
  • पाशहस्ताम् (pāśahastām) - holding a noose in her hand
  • शिखण्डिनीम् (śikhaṇḍinīm) - adorned with a crest (describing the fierce goddess) (crested, adorned with a top-knot, having a plume)

Words meanings and morphology

कालीम् (kālīm) - the goddess Kālī (a fierce form of the divine mother) (dark-skinned, black)
(proper noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of kālī
kālī - dark, black (female); the goddess Kālī (proper noun)
Feminine form of kāla (black, time).
रक्तास्ययनानाम् (raktāsyayanānām) - having a red face and eyes
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of raktāsyayana
raktāsyayana - red-faced and red-eyed
Bahuvrīhi compound: rakte āsyam ca nayane ca yasyāḥ sā (she whose face and eyes are red).
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rakta+āsya+nayana)
  • rakta – red, colored, dyed
    adjective
    Past passive participle of rañj (to color).
    Root: rañj (class 1)
  • āsya – face, mouth
    noun (neuter)
  • nayana – eye; leading, guiding
    noun (neuter)
    Derived from root nī (to lead).
    Root: nī (class 1)
रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनाम् (raktamālyānulepanām) - wearing red garlands and smeared with red unguents
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of raktamālyānulepana
raktamālyānulepana - adorned with red garlands and red unguents/ointments
Bahuvrīhi compound: raktāni mālyāni ca anulepanāni ca yasyāḥ sā (she whose red garlands and unguents are).
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rakta+mālya+anulepana)
  • rakta – red, colored, dyed
    adjective
    Past passive participle of rañj (to color).
    Root: rañj (class 1)
  • mālya – garland, wreath, chaplet
    noun (neuter)
  • anulepana – anointing, unguent, ointment, perfuming
    noun (neuter)
    Derived from root lip (to smear) with prefix anu.
    Prefix: anu
    Root: lip (class 6)
रक्ताम्बरधराम् (raktāmbaradharām) - wearing red garments
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of raktāmbaradharā
raktāmbaradharā - wearing red clothes/garments
Bahuvrīhi compound: raktam ambaram dharati iti sā (she who wears red garments).
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rakta+ambara+dhara)
  • rakta – red, colored, dyed
    adjective
    Past passive participle of rañj (to color).
    Root: rañj (class 1)
  • ambara – garment, clothing; sky
    noun (neuter)
  • dhara – bearing, holding, wearing (suffix)
    adjective
    Derived from root dhṛ (to hold, bear).
    Root: dhṛ (class 1)
एकाम् (ekām) - one, singular, unique
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of eka
eka - one, single, unique, sole
पाशहस्ताम् (pāśahastām) - holding a noose in her hand
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of pāśahastā
pāśahastā - having a noose in hand
Bahuvrīhi compound: pāśaḥ haste yasyāḥ sā (she who has a noose in her hand).
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāśa+hasta)
  • pāśa – noose, snare, bond
    noun (masculine)
  • hasta – hand, arm
    noun (masculine)
शिखण्डिनीम् (śikhaṇḍinīm) - adorned with a crest (describing the fierce goddess) (crested, adorned with a top-knot, having a plume)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of śikhaṇḍinī
śikhaṇḍinī - crested, adorned with a top-knot/plume; peacock-like; (feminine form of śikhaṇḍin)
Feminine form of śikhaṇḍin (crested, having a tuft of hair).