वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-17, verse-23

सा विरूपा महाघोरा राक्षसी शोणितोक्षिता ।
ननाद विविधान्नादान्यथा प्रावृषि तोयदः ॥२३॥

23. sā virūpā mahāghorā rākṣasī śoṇitokṣitā ,
nanāda vividhānnādānyathā prāvṛṣi toyadaḥ.

23. sā virūpā mahāghorā rākṣasī śoṇitokṣitā
nanāda vividhān nādān yathā prāvṛṣi toyadaḥ

23. sā virūpā mahāghorā śoṇitokṣitā rākṣasī
vividhān nādān nanāda yathā prāvṛṣi toyadaḥ

23. That disfigured, exceedingly terrifying demoness, drenched in blood, roared with various cries, just as a cloud thunders in the rainy season.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - Śūrpaṇakhā (she)

• विरूपा (virūpā) - disfigured, ugly, deformed

• महाघोरा (mahāghorā) - very terrifying, extremely dreadful

• राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - demoness, female demon

• शोणितोक्षिता (śoṇitokṣitā) - drenched in blood, sprinkled with blood

• ननाद (nanāda) - roared, cried out, thundered

• विविधान् (vividhān) - various, manifold, diverse

• नादान् (nādān) - roars, sounds, cries

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

• प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - in the rainy season

• तोयदः (toyadaḥ) - cloud (lit. "water-giver")

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - Śūrpaṇakhā (she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

विरूपा (virūpā) - disfigured, ugly, deformed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of virūpa

virūpa - disfigured, ugly, deformed, ill-formed

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vi+rūpa)

• vi – apart, without, dis- (prefix)
  indeclinable
• rūpa – form, shape, beauty, appearance
  noun (neuter)

महाघोरा (mahāghorā) - very terrifying, extremely dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahāghora

mahāghora - very terrifying, exceedingly dreadful

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahat+ghora)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ghora – terrifying, dreadful, awful
  adjective (masculine)

राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - demoness, female demon

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - demoness, female demon

शोणितोक्षिता (śoṇitokṣitā) - drenched in blood, sprinkled with blood

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śoṇitokṣita

śoṇitokṣita - drenched in blood, sprinkled with blood

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śoṇita+ukṣita)

• śoṇita – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
• ukṣita – sprinkled, wet, drenched
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'ukṣ' (to sprinkle) with the suffix 'kta'.
  Root: ukṣ (class 1)

ननाद (nanāda) - roared, cried out, thundered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of nad

Root: nad (class 1)

विविधान् (vividhān) - various, manifold, diverse

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse, of many kinds

नादान् (nādān) - roars, sounds, cries

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nāda

nāda - roar, sound, cry, noise

Root: nad (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

(indeclinable)

प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - in the rainy season

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of prāvṛṣ

prāvṛṣ - rainy season, monsoon

तोयदः (toyadaḥ) - cloud (lit. "water-giver")

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of toyada

toyada - cloud (lit. 'water-giver')

Compound type : Upapada Tatpuruṣa (toya+da)

• toya – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giver, bestower
  noun
  Kṛt suffix 'ḍa'
  Derived from the root 'dā' (to give) with the suffix 'ḍa'.
  Root: dā (class 3)

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