वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-7, verse-22

महत्या कुथयास्त्रीणं पृथिवीलक्षणाङ्कया ।
पृथिवीमिव विस्तीर्णां सराष्ट्रगृहमालिनीम् ॥२२॥

22. mahatyā kuthayāstrīṇaṃ pṛthivīlakṣaṇāṅkayā ,
pṛthivīmiva vistīrṇāṃ sarāṣṭragṛhamālinīm.

22. mahatyā kuthayā āstīrṇām pṛthivīlakṣaṇāṅkayā
pṛthivīm iva vistīrṇām sarāṣṭragṛhamālinīm

22. mahatyā pṛthivīlakṣaṇāṅkayā kuthayā āstīrṇām
pṛthivīm iva vistīrṇām sarāṣṭragṛhamālinīm

22. It was spread with a vast and splendid carpet, marked with the features of the earth. It was as expansive as the earth itself, adorned with a series of kingdoms and dwellings.

Words meanings summery:

• महत्या (mahatyā) - by the great (carpet) (by the great, by the vast)

• कुथया (kuthayā) - by means of a carpet (by means of a carpet, with a blanket)

• आस्तीर्णाम् (āstīrṇām) - covered (the unspecified object) (spread, covered, strewn)

• पृथिवीलक्षणाङ्कया (pṛthivīlakṣaṇāṅkayā) - marked with features resembling the earth (marked with the characteristics/signs of the earth)

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

• इव (iva) - like, as (like, as if, as)

• विस्तीर्णाम् (vistīrṇām) - extensive, vast (vast, extensive, wide)

• सराष्ट्रगृहमालिनीम् (sarāṣṭragṛhamālinīm) - adorned with a series of kingdoms and dwellings (having a garland of kingdoms and houses)

Words meanings and morphology

महत्या (mahatyā) - by the great (carpet) (by the great, by the vast)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Declined from mahat in feminine instrumental singular, agreeing with kuthayā.

कुथया (kuthayā) - by means of a carpet (by means of a carpet, with a blanket)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kuthā

kuthā - a carpet, a blanket, a covering

आस्तीर्णाम् (āstīrṇām) - covered (the unspecified object) (spread, covered, strewn)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āstīrṇa

āstīrṇa - spread, strewn, covered

Past Passive Participle

from root √stṛ (to spread) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: stṛ (class 5)

Note: Modifies the implied object (e.g., a hall or a couch) in feminine accusative singular.

पृथिवीलक्षणाङ्कया (pṛthivīlakṣaṇāṅkayā) - marked with features resembling the earth (marked with the characteristics/signs of the earth)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of pṛthivīlakṣaṇāṅka

pṛthivīlakṣaṇāṅka - marked with the characteristics of the earth

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pṛthivī+lakṣaṇa+aṅka)

• pṛthivī – earth, world
  noun (feminine)
• lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic, symptom
  noun (neuter)
• aṅka – mark, sign, number, side
  noun (masculine)

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, world

Note: Object of comparison for vistīrṇām.

इव (iva) - like, as (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle indicating comparison.

विस्तीर्णाम् (vistīrṇām) - extensive, vast (vast, extensive, wide)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vistīrṇa

vistīrṇa - spread out, extensive, vast, wide

Past Passive Participle

from root √stṛ (to spread) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: stṛ (class 5)

Note: Modifies the implied object (e.g., a hall or a couch) in feminine accusative singular.

सराष्ट्रगृहमालिनीम् (sarāṣṭragṛhamālinīm) - adorned with a series of kingdoms and dwellings (having a garland of kingdoms and houses)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarāṣṭragṛhamālinī

sarāṣṭragṛhamālinī - adorned with a garland of kingdoms and houses

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+rāṣṭra+gṛha+mālinī)

• sa – with, together with, having
  indeclinable
• rāṣṭra – kingdom, realm, country
  noun (neuter)
• gṛha – house, dwelling, home
  noun (neuter)
• mālinī – a garland, adorned with a garland
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine form of mālin, from mālā (garland) + -in suffix (possessing)

Note: Modifies the implied object (e.g., a hall or a couch).

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