वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-7, verse-44

सुकुण्डलधराश्चान्या विच्छिन्नमृदितस्रजः ।
गजेन्द्रमृदिताः फुल्ला लता इव महावने ॥४४॥

44. sukuṇḍaladharāścānyā vicchinnamṛditasrajaḥ ,
gajendramṛditāḥ phullā latā iva mahāvane.

44. sukuṇḍaladharāḥ ca anyāḥ vicchinnamṛditasrajaḥ
gajendramṛditāḥ phullāḥ latāḥ iva mahāvane

44. ca anyāḥ sukuṇḍaladharāḥ vicchinnamṛditasrajaḥ
mahāvane gajendramṛditāḥ phullāḥ latāḥ iva

44. And still others, wearing beautiful earrings, had their garlands broken and crushed. They were like blossoming vines in a great forest, trampled by lordly elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• सुकुण्डलधराः (sukuṇḍaladharāḥ) - wearing beautiful earrings; adorned with fine ear-rings

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other women (others, other (feminine))

• विच्छिन्नमृदितस्रजः (vicchinnamṛditasrajaḥ) - with broken and crushed garlands; having torn and trampled wreaths

• गजेन्द्रमृदिताः (gajendramṛditāḥ) - crushed by great elephants; trampled by lordly elephants

• फुल्लाः (phullāḥ) - blooming, blossoming, expanded

• लताः (latāḥ) - creepers, vines

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• महावने (mahāvane) - in a great forest

Words meanings and morphology

सुकुण्डलधराः (sukuṇḍaladharāḥ) - wearing beautiful earrings; adorned with fine ear-rings

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sukuṇḍaladhara

sukuṇḍaladhara - wearing beautiful earrings

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+kuṇḍala+dhara)

• su – good, well, beautiful, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• kuṇḍala – earring, ear-ring, ring
  noun (neuter)
• dhara – bearing, holding, wearing, possessing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective
  Derived from the root dhṛ-
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other women (others, other (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

विच्छिन्नमृदितस्रजः (vicchinnamṛditasrajaḥ) - with broken and crushed garlands; having torn and trampled wreaths

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vicchinnamṛditasraj

vicchinnamṛditasraj - having broken and crushed garlands

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vicchinna+mṛdita+sraj)

• vicchinna – broken, cut, torn, interrupted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root chid- with prefix vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: chid (class 7)
• mṛdita – crushed, trampled, bruised
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root mṛd-
  Root: mṛd (class 9)
• sraj – garland, wreath, chaplet
  noun (feminine)

गजेन्द्रमृदिताः (gajendramṛditāḥ) - crushed by great elephants; trampled by lordly elephants

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gajendramṛdita

gajendramṛdita - crushed by a great elephant

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (gajendra+mṛdita)

• gajendra – great elephant, lordly elephant
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of gaja (elephant) and indra (chief)
• mṛdita – crushed, trampled, bruised
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root mṛd-
  Root: mṛd (class 9)

फुल्लाः (phullāḥ) - blooming, blossoming, expanded

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of phulla

phulla - blooming, blossomed, expanded, radiant

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root phull- (to blossom)

Root: phull (class 1)

लताः (latāḥ) - creepers, vines

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of latā

latā - creeper, vine, slender branch

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

महावने (mahāvane) - in a great forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāvana

mahāvana - a great forest, large forest

Karmadhāraya compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vana)

• mahā – great, large, vast
  adjective (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

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