वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-12, verse-18

विधूतकेशी युवतिर्यथा मृदितवर्णिका ।
निष्पीतशुभदन्तौष्ठी नखैर्दन्तैश्च विक्षता ॥१८॥

18. vidhūtakeśī yuvatiryathā mṛditavarṇikā ,
niṣpītaśubhadantauṣṭhī nakhairdantaiśca vikṣatā.

18. vidhūtakeśī yuvatiḥ yathā mṛditavarṇikā
niṣpītaśubhadantauṣṭhī nakhaíḥ dantaíḥ ca vikṣatā

18. Just as a young woman with dishevelled hair and smeared cosmetics, whose beautiful teeth and lips are marked (as if from passionate kissing) and who is lacerated by nails and teeth.

Words meanings summery:

• विधूतकेशी (vidhūtakeśī) - with dishevelled hair

• युवतिः (yuvatiḥ) - a young woman

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like

• मृदितवर्णिका (mṛditavarṇikā) - with smeared cosmetics/pigments

• निष्पीतशुभदन्तौष्ठी (niṣpītaśubhadantauṣṭhī) - whose beautiful teeth and lips are faded/sucked dry/marked

• नखíः (nakhaíḥ) - by nails

• दन्तíः (dantaíḥ) - by teeth

• च (ca) - and

• विक्षता (vikṣatā) - wounded, lacerated

Words meanings and morphology

विधूतकेशी (vidhūtakeśī) - with dishevelled hair

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidhūtakeśin

vidhūtakeśin - having dishevelled hair

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vidhūta+keśa)

• vidhūta – shaken, dishevelled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhū (class 5)
• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)

युवतिः (yuvatiḥ) - a young woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yuvati

yuvati - young woman, girl

यथा (yathā) - just as, like

(indeclinable)

मृदितवर्णिका (mṛditavarṇikā) - with smeared cosmetics/pigments

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛditavarṇikā

mṛditavarṇikā - having smeared colors/cosmetics

निष्पीतशुभदन्तौष्ठी (niṣpītaśubhadantauṣṭhī) - whose beautiful teeth and lips are faded/sucked dry/marked

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niṣpītaśubhadantauṣṭhin

niṣpītaśubhadantauṣṭhin - having beautiful teeth and lips that are faded or sucked dry

Compound type : bahuvrihi (niṣpīta+śubha+danta+oṣṭha)

• niṣpīta – sucked dry, faded, drained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: nis
  Root: pā (class 1)
• śubha – beautiful, auspicious
  adjective
• danta – tooth
  noun (masculine)
• oṣṭha – lip
  noun (masculine)

नखíः (nakhaíḥ) - by nails

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nakha

nakha - nail, claw

दन्तíः (dantaíḥ) - by teeth

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of danta

danta - tooth, tusk

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विक्षता (vikṣatā) - wounded, lacerated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vikṣata

vikṣata - wounded, torn, injured

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: vi

Root: kṣaṇ (class 8)

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