महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-8

दष्टोष्ठदंष्ट्रं ताम्राक्षं प्रदीप्तोर्ध्वशिरोरुहम् ।
सार्करश्मितडिच्चक्रं सबलाकमिवाम्बुदम् ॥८॥

8. daṣṭoṣṭhadaṁṣṭraṁ tāmrākṣaṁ pradīptordhvaśiroruham ,
sārkaraśmitaḍiccakraṁ sabalākamivāmbudam.

8. daṣṭoṣṭhadaṃṣṭram tāmrākṣam pradīptordhvaśiroruham
sārkarasmitadiçcakram sabalākam iva ambudam

8. Its lip was bitten by its fangs, its eyes were coppery-red, and its hair stood blazing upwards; it was like a cloud accompanied by sunbeams, streaks of lightning, and cranes.

8. (והוא היה) בעל שפתיים נשוכות ושיניים בולטות, עיניים בצבע נחושת ושיער זקוף ובוער, כענן שבו מעגל ברקים וקרני שמש ושורת עגורים.

Words meanings summery:

• दष्टोष्ठदंष्ट्रम् (daṣṭoṣṭhadaṁṣṭram) - (the demon) whose lip was bitten by its fangs (whose lip was bitten by its fangs)

• ताम्राक्षम् (tāmrākṣam) - (the demon) with coppery-red eyes (red-eyed, coppery-eyed)

• प्रदीप्तोर्ध्वशिरोरुहम् (pradīptordhvaśiroruham) - (the demon) with blazing, upward-standing hair (with blazing, erect hair)

• सार्करस्मितदिçचक्रम् (sārkarasmitadiçcakram) - (like a cloud) accompanied by sunbeams and streaks of lightning (with sunbeams and circles of lightning)

• सबलाकम् (sabalākam) - (like a cloud) accompanied by cranes (with cranes)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्बुदम् (ambudam) - cloud (literally 'water-giver')

Words meanings and morphology

दष्टोष्ठदंष्ट्रम् (daṣṭoṣṭhadaṁṣṭram) - (the demon) whose lip was bitten by its fangs (whose lip was bitten by its fangs)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daṣṭoṣṭhadaṃṣṭra

daṣṭoṣṭhadaṁṣṭra - having lips bitten by fangs/tusks

Bahuvrihi compound: daṣṭa (bitten) + oṣṭha (lip) + daṃṣṭra (fang)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (daṣṭa+oṣṭha+daṃṣṭra)

• daṣṭa – bitten, stung
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root daś + kta suffix
  Root: daś (class 1)
• oṣṭha – lip
  noun (masculine)
• daṃṣṭra – fang, tusk, large tooth
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'rakṣaḥ' (implied from verse 46594).

ताम्राक्षम् (tāmrākṣam) - (the demon) with coppery-red eyes (red-eyed, coppery-eyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tāmrākṣa

tāmrākṣa - coppery-eyed, red-eyed

Bahuvrihi compound: tāmra (copper) + akṣi (eye)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tāmra+akṣi)

• tāmra – copper, coppery, red
  noun (neuter)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'rakṣaḥ'.

प्रदीप्तोर्ध्वशिरोरुहम् (pradīptordhvaśiroruham) - (the demon) with blazing, upward-standing hair (with blazing, erect hair)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pradīptordhvaśiroruha

pradīptordhvaśiroruha - having blazing, erect hair

Bahuvrihi compound: pradīpta (blazing) + ūrdhva (upward) + śiroruha (hair)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pradīpta+ūrdhva+śiroruha)

• pradīpta – blazing, brightly lit
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root dīp + prefix pra + kta suffix
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• ūrdhva – upward, erect, elevated
  adjective (neuter)
• śiroruha – hair (literally, growing on the head)
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of śiras (head) and ruha (growing)

Note: Qualifies 'rakṣaḥ'.

सार्करस्मितदिçचक्रम् (sārkarasmitadiçcakram) - (like a cloud) accompanied by sunbeams and streaks of lightning (with sunbeams and circles of lightning)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sārkarasmitadiçcakra

sārkarasmitadiçcakra - accompanied by sunbeams and circles of lightning

Bahuvrihi compound: sa (with) + arka-raśmi (sunbeams) + taḍit-cakra (lightning circles)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+arka-raśmi+taḍit-cakra)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• arka-raśmi – sunbeam, ray of the sun
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpurusha compound: arka (sun) + raśmi (ray)
• taḍit-cakra – circle/streak of lightning
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpurusha compound: taḍit (lightning) + cakra (circle)

Note: Qualifies 'ambudam'.

सबलाकम् (sabalākam) - (like a cloud) accompanied by cranes (with cranes)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sabalāka

sabalāka - accompanied by cranes

Bahuvrihi compound: sa (with) + balākā (crane)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+balākā)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• balākā – crane (bird)
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'ambudam'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अम्बुदम् (ambudam) - cloud (literally 'water-giver')

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambuda

ambuda - cloud (literally 'water-giver')

Compound of ambu (water) and da (giver)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ambu+da)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giver, bestower
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root dā
  Root dā + ḍa suffix
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: The object of comparison for the demon.

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