मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-12, verse-28
महावक्त्रा महादंष्ट्रा व्याघ्रा इव भयानकाः ।
ततस्तद्वनमालोक्य शिशिरच्छायमग्रतः ॥२८॥
ततस्तद्वनमालोक्य शिशिरच्छायमग्रतः ॥२८॥
28. mahāvaktrā mahādaṃṣṭrā vyāghrā iva bhayānakāḥ .
tatastadvanamālokya śiśiracchāyamagrataḥ.
tatastadvanamālokya śiśiracchāyamagrataḥ.
28.
mahā-vaktrā mahā-daṃṣṭrā vyāghrāḥ iva bhayānakāḥ
tataḥ tat-vanam ālokya śiśira-cchāyam agrataḥ
tataḥ tat-vanam ālokya śiśira-cchāyam agrataḥ
28.
They have enormous mouths and immense fangs, terrifying like tigers. Then, perceiving that forest with its cool shade before them...
Words meanings summery:
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- महा-वक्त्रा (mahā-vaktrā) - having huge mouths, wide-mouthed
- महा-दंष्ट्रा (mahā-daṁṣṭrā) - having huge fangs/tusks
- व्याघ्राः (vyāghrāḥ) - tigers
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
- भयानकाः (bhayānakāḥ) - terrifying, dreadful, frightful
- ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that
- तत्-वनम् (tat-vanam) - the forest mentioned in verse 132407 (that forest)
- आलोक्य (ālokya) - having seen, perceiving, looking at
- शिशिर-च्छायम् (śiśira-cchāyam) - having cool shade, cool-shaded
- अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, ahead, before
Words meanings and morphology
महा-वक्त्रा (mahā-vaktrā) - having huge mouths, wide-mouthed
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of mahā-vaktra
mahā-vaktra - having a large mouth, wide-mouthed
Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+vaktra)
- mahā – great, large, big
adjective (feminine) - vaktra – mouth, face, muzzle
noun (neuter)
महा-दंष्ट्रा (mahā-daṁṣṭrā) - having huge fangs/tusks
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of mahā-daṃṣṭra
mahā-daṁṣṭra - having large teeth, large-tusked, having large fangs
Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+daṃṣṭra)
- mahā – great, large, big
adjective (feminine) - daṃṣṭra – fang, tusk, large tooth
noun (neuter)
व्याघ्राः (vyāghrāḥ) - tigers
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vyāghra
vyāghra - tiger, great tiger
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
भयानकाः (bhayānakāḥ) - terrifying, dreadful, frightful
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of bhayānaka
bhayānaka - frightful, dreadful, terrible, causing fear
From bhaya (fear) + suffix ānaka
ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that
(indeclinable)
Ablative of tad
तत्-वनम् (tat-vanam) - the forest mentioned in verse 132407 (that forest)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tad-vana
tad-vana - that forest
Tat (that) + vana (forest)
Compound type : karmadhāraya (tad+vana)
- tad – that, it
pronoun (neuter) - vana – forest, wood, grove
noun (neuter)
आलोक्य (ālokya) - having seen, perceiving, looking at
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (gerund)
Root lok (10th class, lokayati) with prefix ā. Absolutive suffix ya.
Prefix: ā
Root: lok (class 10)
शिशिर-च्छायम् (śiśira-cchāyam) - having cool shade, cool-shaded
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of śiśira-cchāya
śiśira-cchāya - having cool shade, shady and cool
Compound type : bahuvrihi (śiśira+cchāya)
- śiśira – cool, cold, dewy
adjective (neuter) - cchāya – shade, shadow, reflection
noun (masculine)
अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, ahead, before
(indeclinable)
From agra (front) + suffix tas