महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-10, chapter-8, verse-64
कालीं रक्तास्यनयनां रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनाम् ।
रक्ताम्बरधरामेकां पाशहस्तां शिखण्डिनीम् ॥६४॥
रक्ताम्बरधरामेकां पाशहस्तां शिखण्डिनीम् ॥६४॥
64. kālīṁ raktāsyanayanāṁ raktamālyānulepanām ,
raktāmbaradharāmekāṁ pāśahastāṁ śikhaṇḍinīm.
raktāmbaradharāmekāṁ pāśahastāṁ śikhaṇḍinīm.
64.
kālīm raktāsyayanānām raktamālyānulepanām
raktāmbaradharām ekām pāśahastām śikhaṇḍinīm
raktāmbaradharām ekām pāśahastām śikhaṇḍinīm
64.
ekām kālīm raktāsyayanānām raktamālyānulepanām
raktāmbaradharām pāśahastām śikhaṇḍinīm
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).