वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-106, verse-2

तरुणादित्यसंकाशां तप्तकाञ्चनभूषणाम् ।
रक्ताम्बरधरां बालां नीलकुञ्चितमूर्धजाम् ॥२॥

2. taruṇādityasaṃkāśāṃ taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇām ,
raktāmbaradharāṃ bālāṃ nīlakuñcitamūrdhajām.

2. taruṇādityasaṃkāśām taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇām
raktāmbaradharām bālām nīlakuñcitamūrdhajām

2. taruṇādityasaṃkāśām taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇām
raktāmbaradharām bālām nīlakuñcitamūrdhajām

2. [Sita], resembling the rising sun, adorned with ornaments of molten gold, wearing red garments, a young woman with dark, curly hair.

Words meanings summery:

• तरुणादित्यसंकाशाम् (taruṇādityasaṁkāśām) - resembling the rising sun, like the young sun

• तप्तकाञ्चनभूषणाम् (taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇām) - adorned with ornaments of molten gold

• रक्ताम्बरधराम् (raktāmbaradharām) - wearing red garments

• बालाम् (bālām) - young woman, girl

• नीलकुञ्चितमूर्धजाम् (nīlakuñcitamūrdhajām) - with dark, curly hair

Words meanings and morphology

तरुणादित्यसंकाशाम् (taruṇādityasaṁkāśām) - resembling the rising sun, like the young sun

(compound)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (taruṇa+āditya+saṃkāśa)

• taruṇa – young, rising (of sun), fresh
  adjective (masculine)
• āditya – the sun, son of Aditi
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, appearing as
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

तप्तकाञ्चनभूषणाम् (taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇām) - adorned with ornaments of molten gold

(compound)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tapta+kāñcana+bhūṣaṇa)

• tapta – molten, heated, purified
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root tap (to heat)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• kāñcana – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
• bhūṣaṇa – ornament, decoration, adornment
  noun (neuter)

रक्ताम्बरधराम् (raktāmbaradharām) - wearing red garments

(compound)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rakta+ambara+dhara)

• rakta – red, colored, dyed, passionate
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root rañj (to color, to dye)
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• ambara – garment, cloth, sky
  noun (neuter)
• dhara – bearer, wearer, holding
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -a from root dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

बालाम् (bālām) - young woman, girl

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bālā

bālā - young girl, maiden, young woman

नीलकुञ्चितमूर्धजाम् (nīlakuñcitamūrdhajām) - with dark, curly hair

(compound)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nīla+kuñcita+mūrdhaja)

• nīla – dark blue, black
  adjective (masculine)
• kuñcita – curled, bent, crooked
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root kuñc (to curl)
  Root: kuñc (class 1)
• mūrdhaja – hair (literally, 'born on the head')
  noun (masculine)

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