महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-3, chapter-146, verse-66
बाहुस्वस्तिकविन्यस्तपीनह्रस्वशिरोधरम् ।
स्कन्धभूयिष्ठकायत्वात्तनुमध्यकटीतटम् ॥६६॥
स्कन्धभूयिष्ठकायत्वात्तनुमध्यकटीतटम् ॥६६॥
66. bāhusvastikavinyastapīnahrasvaśirodharam ,
skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatvāttanumadhyakaṭītaṭam.
skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatvāttanumadhyakaṭītaṭam.
66.
bāhusvastikavinyastapīnahrasvaśirodharam |
skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatvāt tanumadhyakaṭītaṭam
skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatvāt tanumadhyakaṭītaṭam
66.
His thick, short neck was positioned with his arms crossed in a svastika pattern, and because of his body's predominant shoulders, his waist and hip area were slender.
Words meanings summery:
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- बाहुस्वस्तिकविन्यस्तपीनह्रस्वशिरोधरम् (bāhusvastikavinyastapīnahrasvaśirodharam) - describing Hanuman's neck and arm posture (with a thick, short neck positioned with arms crossed in a svastika pattern)
- स्कन्धभूयिष्ठकायत्वात् (skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatvāt) - referring to Hanuman's physique, where shoulders are prominent (because of having a body predominantly of shoulders, due to his body being mostly shoulders)
- तनुमध्यकटीतटम् (tanumadhyakaṭītaṭam) - describing Hanuman's slender waist and hips (with a slender middle and hip region)
Words meanings and morphology
बाहुस्वस्तिकविन्यस्तपीनह्रस्वशिरोधरम् (bāhusvastikavinyastapīnahrasvaśirodharam) - describing Hanuman's neck and arm posture (with a thick, short neck positioned with arms crossed in a svastika pattern)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of bāhusvastikavinyastapīnahrasvaśirodhara
bāhusvastikavinyastapīnahrasvaśirodhara - one whose thick, short neck is placed with arms crossed in a svastika pattern
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāhu+svastika+vinyasta+pīna+hrasva+śirodhara)
- bāhu – arm
noun (masculine) - svastika – svastika (auspicious mark), crossed position
noun (neuter) - vinyasta – placed, arranged, positioned
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From verb √as (to throw, to place) with prefixes vi and ni.
Prefixes: vi+ni
Root: as (class 2) - pīna – thick, plump, robust
adjective - hrasva – short, small
adjective - śirodhara – neck (literally, 'head-holder')
noun (masculine)
Note: Qualifies an unstated masculine noun (e.g., 'him').
स्कन्धभूयिष्ठकायत्वात् (skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatvāt) - referring to Hanuman's physique, where shoulders are prominent (because of having a body predominantly of shoulders, due to his body being mostly shoulders)
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatva
skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatva - the state of having a body where shoulders are predominant
Derived from skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāya + suffix -tva.
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (skandha+bhūyiṣṭha+kāya+tva)
- skandha – shoulder, trunk of a tree
noun (masculine) - bhūyiṣṭha – most abundant, predominant, very much
adjective
superlative of bahu
From bahu (much, many) + iṣṭha (superlative suffix). - kāya – body, mass, collection
noun (masculine) - tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, 'the state of being'
suffix (neuter)
Secondary nominal suffix.
Note: Used adverbially to mean 'because of'.
तनुमध्यकटीतटम् (tanumadhyakaṭītaṭam) - describing Hanuman's slender waist and hips (with a slender middle and hip region)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tanumadhyakaṭītaṭa
tanumadhyakaṭītaṭa - one whose middle and hip region is slender
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tanu+madhya+kaṭī+taṭa)
- tanu – slender, thin, delicate
adjective - madhya – middle, waist
noun (neuter) - kaṭī – hip, hip-region, waist
noun (feminine) - taṭa – side, bank, shore, region
noun (masculine)
Note: Qualifies an unstated masculine noun (e.g., 'him').