वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-12, verse-27

ततो ऽम्बुधरसंकाशं प्रवृद्धशिखरं गिरिम् ।
विचित्रकूटं कूटैश्च सर्वतः परिवारितम् ॥२७॥

27. tato'mbudharasaṃkāśaṃ pravṛddhaśikharaṃ girim ,
vicitrakūṭaṃ kūṭaiśca sarvataḥ parivāritam.

27. tataḥ ambudharasaṃkāśam pravṛddhaśikharam girim
vicitrakūṭam kūṭaiḥ ca sarvataḥ parivāritam

27. tataḥ ambudharasaṃkāśam pravṛddhaśikharam
vicitrakūṭam sarvataḥ kūṭaiḥ ca parivāritam girim

27. Then (he saw) a mountain resembling a cloud, with towering and wonderfully varied peaks, and surrounded on all sides by other peaks.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• अम्बुधरसंकाशम् (ambudharasaṁkāśam) - resembling a cloud

• प्रवृद्धशिखरम् (pravṛddhaśikharam) - with towering peaks, having prominent peaks

• गिरिम् (girim) - mountain

• विचित्रकूटम् (vicitrakūṭam) - with varied peaks, wonderfully peaked

• कूटैः (kūṭaiḥ) - by peaks, by summits

• च (ca) - and

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, everywhere, completely

• परिवारितम् (parivāritam) - surrounded, encompassed

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix -tas

अम्बुधरसंकाशम् (ambudharasaṁkāśam) - resembling a cloud

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ambudharasaṃkāśa

ambudharasaṁkāśa - resembling a cloud, cloud-like in appearance

Compound type : Tatpurusha (ambudhara+saṃkāśa)

• ambudhara – cloud (lit. water-bearer)
  noun (masculine)
  dhara from root dhṛ (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, similar in appearance
  adjective
  from root kāś (to appear) with upasarga sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

प्रवृद्धशिखरम् (pravṛddhaśikharam) - with towering peaks, having prominent peaks

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pravṛddhaśikhara

pravṛddhaśikhara - having towering peaks, whose peaks have grown prominent

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (pravṛddha+śikhara)

• pravṛddha – grown, developed, prominent, towering
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root vṛdh (to grow) with upasarga pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)
• śikhara – peak, summit, crest
  noun (neuter)

गिरिम् (girim) - mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

from root gṛ (to swallow, raise)

Root: gṛ (class 6)

विचित्रकूटम् (vicitrakūṭam) - with varied peaks, wonderfully peaked

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vicitrakūṭa

vicitrakūṭa - having wonderful peaks, with varied peaks

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (vicitra+kūṭa)

• vicitra – variegated, diverse, wonderful, beautiful
  adjective
  from root citr (to paint) with upasarga vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: citr (class 10)
• kūṭa – peak, summit, mass, collection
  noun (neuter)
  from root kuṭ (to curve, become crooked)
  Root: kuṭ (class 1)

कूटैः (kūṭaiḥ) - by peaks, by summits

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kūṭa

kūṭa - peak, summit, mass, collection

from root kuṭ (to curve, become crooked)

Root: kuṭ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, everywhere, completely

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix -tas

परिवारितम् (parivāritam) - surrounded, encompassed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parivārita

parivārita - surrounded, encompassed, covered all around

Past Passive Participle

from root vṛ (to cover, surround) with upasarga pari

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛ (class 5)

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