महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-4, chapter-8, verse-12
स्वरालपक्ष्मनयना बिम्बोष्ठी तनुमध्यमा ।
कम्बुग्रीवा गूढसिरा पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानना ॥१२॥
कम्बुग्रीवा गूढसिरा पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानना ॥१२॥
12. svarālapakṣmanayanā bimboṣṭhī tanumadhyamā ,
kambugrīvā gūḍhasirā pūrṇacandranibhānanā.
kambugrīvā gūḍhasirā pūrṇacandranibhānanā.
12.
svarālapakṣmanayanā bimbauṣṭhī tanumadhyamā
kambugrīvā gūḍhasirā pūrṇacandranibhānanā
kambugrīvā gūḍhasirā pūrṇacandranibhānanā
12.
She has beautiful eyes with fine, dense eyelashes, lips red like the bimba fruit, a slender waist, a neck like a conch, hidden veins, and a face resembling the full moon.
Words meanings summery:
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- स्वरालपक्ष्मनयना (svarālapakṣmanayanā) - having beautiful eyes with fine eyelashes
- बिम्बौष्ठी (bimbauṣṭhī) - lips that are red and shapely like the bimba fruit (having lips like a bimba fruit)
- तनुमध्यमा (tanumadhyamā) - having a slender waist
- कम्बुग्रीवा (kambugrīvā) - a neck with three lines, resembling the markings on a conch-shell, considered a beautiful feature (having a conch-like neck)
- गूढसिरा (gūḍhasirā) - veins that are not prominently visible, considered a mark of delicate beauty (having hidden veins)
- पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानना (pūrṇacandranibhānanā) - having a face like a full moon
Words meanings and morphology
स्वरालपक्ष्मनयना (svarālapakṣmanayanā) - having beautiful eyes with fine eyelashes
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of svarālapakṣmanayana
svarālapakṣmanayana - having beautiful and fine/dense eyelashes and eyes
Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+rāla+pakṣmanayana)
- su – good, beautiful, well
indeclinable - rāla – fine, slender, curved (often for hair or eyelashes)
adjective (neuter) - pakṣmanayana – eye with eyelashes
noun (neuter)
बिम्बौष्ठी (bimbauṣṭhī) - lips that are red and shapely like the bimba fruit (having lips like a bimba fruit)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of bimbauṣṭha
bimbauṣṭha - having lips red like the bimba fruit
Compound type : bahuvrihi (bimba+oṣṭha)
- bimba – bimba fruit (Momordica monadelpha), disk, orb
noun (neuter) - oṣṭha – lip
noun (masculine)
तनुमध्यमा (tanumadhyamā) - having a slender waist
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tanumadhyama
tanumadhyama - having a slender middle/waist (a mark of beauty)
Compound type : bahuvrihi (tanu+madhyama)
- tanu – thin, slender, delicate
adjective (neuter) - madhyama – middle, central; here refers to the waist
adjective (neuter)
कम्बुग्रीवा (kambugrīvā) - a neck with three lines, resembling the markings on a conch-shell, considered a beautiful feature (having a conch-like neck)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kambugrīva
kambugrīva - having a neck like a conch-shell (with three lines, a mark of beauty)
Compound type : bahuvrihi (kambu+grīva)
- kambu – conch-shell, bracelet
noun (masculine) - grīva – neck
noun (feminine)
गूढसिरा (gūḍhasirā) - veins that are not prominently visible, considered a mark of delicate beauty (having hidden veins)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of gūḍhasira
gūḍhasira - having hidden veins
Compound type : bahuvrihi (gūḍha+sirā)
- gūḍha – hidden, concealed, secret
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'guh' (to hide).
Root: guh (class 1) - sirā – vein, nerve, artery
noun (feminine)
पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानना (pūrṇacandranibhānanā) - having a face like a full moon
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of pūrṇacandranibhānana
pūrṇacandranibhānana - having a face resembling a full moon (a mark of beauty, implying roundness, radiance, and serenity)
Compound type : bahuvrihi (pūrṇacandra+nibha+ānana)
- pūrṇacandra – full moon
noun (masculine) - nibha – like, resembling, similar to
adjective (neuter) - ānana – face, mouth
noun (neuter)