वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-9, verse-5

मुरजेषु मृदङ्गेषु पीठिकासु च संस्थिताः ।
तथास्तरणमुख्य्येषु संविष्टाश्चापराः स्त्रियः ॥५॥

5. murajeṣu mṛdaṅgeṣu pīṭhikāsu ca saṃsthitāḥ ,
tathāstaraṇamukhyyeṣu saṃviṣṭāścāparāḥ striyaḥ.

5. मुरजेषु मृदङ्गेषु पीठिकासु च संस्थिताः तथा
आस्तरणमुख्येषु संविष्टाः च अपराः स्त्रियः

5. अपराः स्त्रियः मुरजेषु मृदङ्गेषु च पीठिकासु संस्थिताःतथा च आस्तरणमुख्येषु संविष्टाः।

5. Some women were resting on drums (murajas), clay drums (mṛdaṅgas), and on low seats. Similarly, other women were seated on excellent couches.

Words meanings summery:

• मुरजेषु (मुरजेषु) - on muraja drums (on drums (murajas))

• मृदङ्गेषु (मृदङ्गेषु) - on mṛdaṅga drums (on clay drums (mṛdaṅgas))

• पीठिकासु (पीठिकासु) - on low seats (on seats, on stools)

• च (च) - and (and, also, moreover)

• संस्थिताः (संस्थिताः) - resting (situated, placed, resting (feminine plural))

• तथा (तथा) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

• आस्तरणमुख्येषु (आस्तरणमुख्येषु) - on excellent couches (on chief coverings, on excellent beds)

• संविष्टाः (संविष्टाः) - seated (seated, entered (feminine plural))

• च (च) - and (and, also, moreover)

• अपराः (अपराः) - other women (other, some others (feminine plural))

• स्त्रियः (स्त्रियः) - women

Words meanings and morphology

मुरजेषु (मुरजेषु) - on muraja drums (on drums (murajas))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of muraja

muraja - a kind of drum, tabor

मृदङ्गेषु (मृदङ्गेषु) - on mṛdaṅga drums (on clay drums (mṛdaṅgas))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of mṛdaṅga

mṛdaṅga - a kind of drum, tabor (often made of clay)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛd+aṅga)

• mṛd – earth, clay, soil
  noun (feminine)
• aṅga – limb, body, part
  noun (neuter)

पीठिकासु (पीठिकासु) - on low seats (on seats, on stools)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of pīṭhikā

pīṭhikā - a small seat, stool, pedestal

Diminutive of pīṭha 'seat'.

च (च) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

संस्थिताः (संस्थिताः) - resting (situated, placed, resting (feminine plural))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - situated, placed, standing, resting

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of the root sthā 'to stand' with prefix saṃ.

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

तथा (तथा) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

(indeclinable)

आस्तरणमुख्येषु (आस्तरणमुख्येषु) - on excellent couches (on chief coverings, on excellent beds)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of āstaraṇamukhya

āstaraṇamukhya - chief among coverings, excellent bed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āstaraṇa+mukhya)

• āstaraṇa – covering, bed, couch
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from the root stṛ 'to spread' with prefix ā and suffix -ana.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: stṛ (class 5)
• mukhya – chief, principal, excellent
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from mukha 'face, front' with suffix -ya.

संविष्टाः (संविष्टाः) - seated (seated, entered (feminine plural))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃviṣṭa

saṁviṣṭa - seated, entered, settled

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of the root viś 'to enter' with prefix saṃ.

Prefix: sam

Root: viś (class 6)

च (च) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अपराः (अपराः) - other women (other, some others (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of apara

apara - other, subsequent, different, some

स्त्रियः (स्त्रियः) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

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