वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-7, verse-48

किङ्किणीजालसंकाशास्ता हेमविपुलाम्बुजाः ।
भावग्राहा यशस्तीराः सुप्ता नद्य इवाबभुः ॥४८॥

48. kiṅkiṇījālasaṃkāśāstā hemavipulāmbujāḥ ,
bhāvagrāhā yaśastīrāḥ suptā nadya ivābabhuḥ.

48. kiṅkiṇījālasaṃkāśāḥ tāḥ hemavipulāmbujāḥ
bhāvagrāhāḥ yaśastīrāḥ suptāḥ nadyaḥ iva ababhuḥ

48. tāḥ kiṅkiṇījālasaṃkāśāḥ hemavipulāmbujāḥ
bhāvagrāhāḥ yaśastīrāḥ suptāḥ nadyaḥ iva ababhuḥ

48. Those women, sparkling like networks of tiny bells, adorned with wide golden lotuses, having emotions like predatory water creatures and their renown as riverbanks, shone like dormant rivers.

Words meanings summery:

• किङ्किणीजालसंकाशाः (kiṅkiṇījālasaṁkāśāḥ) - sparkling like networks of tiny bells (resembling a network of small bells)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those women (they (feminine plural))

• हेमविपुलाम्बुजाः (hemavipulāmbujāḥ) - adorned with wide golden lotuses (having wide golden lotuses)

• भावग्राहाः (bhāvagrāhāḥ) - having emotions like predatory water creatures (having feelings/emotions as crocodiles/sharks)

• यशस्तीराः (yaśastīrāḥ) - with their renown as riverbanks (having fame as banks/shores)

• सुप्ताः (suptāḥ) - dormant (sleeping, dormant, asleep)

• नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

• अबभुः (ababhuḥ) - they shone (they shone, they appeared)

Words meanings and morphology

किङ्किणीजालसंकाशाः (kiṅkiṇījālasaṁkāśāḥ) - sparkling like networks of tiny bells (resembling a network of small bells)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kiṅkiṇījālasaṃkāśa

kiṅkiṇījālasaṁkāśa - resembling a net of small bells

Compound. kiṅkiṇī (small bell) + jāla (net, network) + saṃkāśa (resembling, similar to).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kiṅkiṇī+jāla+saṃkāśa)

• kiṅkiṇī – small bell, tinkling ornament
  noun (feminine)
• jāla – net, network, collection
  noun (neuter)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  From root kāś (to appear) with prefix saṃ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Adjective describing the women (`tāḥ`).

ताः (tāḥ) - those women (they (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: This pronoun is implied in the Devanagari `किङ्किणीजालसंकाशास्ता` but is separated here according to external sandhi rules for `roman_words_no_sandhi`.

हेमविपुलाम्बुजाः (hemavipulāmbujāḥ) - adorned with wide golden lotuses (having wide golden lotuses)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of hemavipulāmbuja

hemavipulāmbuja - having wide golden lotuses

Bahuvrīhi compound. hema (golden) + vipula (wide) + ambuja (lotus).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (heman+vipula+ambuja)

• heman – gold
  noun (neuter)
• vipula – wide, extensive, large
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• ambuja – lotus (born in water)
  noun (neuter)
  From ambu (water) + ja (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Adjective describing the women (`tāḥ`).

भावग्राहाः (bhāvagrāhāḥ) - having emotions like predatory water creatures (having feelings/emotions as crocodiles/sharks)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhāvagrāha

bhāvagrāha - (for rivers) having alligators/crocodiles (grāha) as their specific characteristics (bhāva); (for women) having emotions (bhāva) like water predators (grāha).

Bahuvrīhi compound. bhāva (feeling, nature) + grāha (crocodile, shark, grasping).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhāva+grāha)

• bhāva – being, state, condition, emotion, feeling, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• grāha – seizing, catching, crocodile, shark, water monster
  noun (masculine)
  From root grah (to seize)
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Adjective describing the women (`tāḥ`).

यशस्तीराः (yaśastīrāḥ) - with their renown as riverbanks (having fame as banks/shores)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yaśastīra

yaśastīra - (for rivers) having fame as banks; (for women) having their fame compared to banks.

Bahuvrīhi compound. yaśas (fame, glory) + tīra (bank, shore).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yaśas+tīra)

• yaśas – fame, glory, renown, splendor
  noun (neuter)
• tīra – bank, shore, margin, edge
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective describing the women (`tāḥ`).

सुप्ताः (suptāḥ) - dormant (sleeping, dormant, asleep)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of supta

supta - slept, sleeping, dormant, inactive

Past Passive Participle

From root svap (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Adjective describing the women (`tāḥ`) and `nadyaḥ`.

नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river, stream

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Noun in comparison.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

अबभुः (ababhuḥ) - they shone (they shone, they appeared)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhā

Root bhā in aorist 3rd person plural active.

Root: bhā (class 2)

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