योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-25, verse-18

उत्ताण्डवाचलाकारभैरवोदरतुम्बकैः ।
रणत्सशतरन्ध्रेन्द्रदेहभिक्षाकपालकैः ॥ १८ ॥

uttāṇḍavācalākārabhairavodaratumbakaiḥ ,
raṇatsaśatarandhrendradehabhikṣākapālakaiḥ 18

18. uttaṇḍavācalākārabhairavodaratumbakaiḥ
raṇatsaśatarandhrendradehabhikṣākapālakaiḥ

18. uttaṇḍavācalākārabhairavodaratumbakaiḥ
raṇatsaśatarandhrendradehabhikṣākapālakaiḥ

18. Adorned with calabashes (bowls) made from the terrifying bellies of those resembling intensely dancing mountains, and with skull-bowls for alms, made from Indra's body which has a hundred sounding holes.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्तण्डवाचलाकारभैरवोदरतुम्बकैः (uttaṇḍavācalākārabhairavodaratumbakaiḥ) - by the calabash-like containers crafted from the terrifying bellies of beings resembling mountains agitated by intense cosmic dances (tāṇḍava) (by calabashes (bowls) made from the terrifying bellies of those resembling intensely dancing mountains)

• रणत्सशतरन्ध्रेन्द्रदेहभिक्षाकपालकैः (raṇatsaśatarandhrendradehabhikṣākapālakaiḥ) - by the skull-bowls, used for alms (bhikṣā), which are made from the body (deha) of Indra, bearing a hundred holes that produce sound (raṇat), as part of the goddess's macabre adornment (by skull-bowls for alms, made from Indra's body with a hundred sounding holes)

Words meanings and morphology

उत्तण्डवाचलाकारभैरवोदरतुम्बकैः (uttaṇḍavācalākārabhairavodaratumbakaiḥ) - by the calabash-like containers crafted from the terrifying bellies of beings resembling mountains agitated by intense cosmic dances (tāṇḍava) (by calabashes (bowls) made from the terrifying bellies of those resembling intensely dancing mountains)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of uttaṇḍavācalākārabhairavodaratumbaka

uttaṇḍavācalākārabhairavodaratumbaka - composed of 'intensely dancing, mountain, form/resembling, terrifying, belly, calabash'

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (uttaṇḍava+acala+ākāra+bhairava+udara+tumbaka)

• uttaṇḍava – intensely dancing, very agitated (referring to a fierce cosmic dance)
  adjective
• acala – mountain, immobile
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, appearance, resemblance
  noun (masculine)
• bhairava – terrifying, dreadful, frightful
  adjective
• udara – belly, abdomen
  noun (neuter)
• tumbaka – calabash, gourd, bottle gourd (used as a bowl or container)
  noun (masculine)

रणत्सशतरन्ध्रेन्द्रदेहभिक्षाकपालकैः (raṇatsaśatarandhrendradehabhikṣākapālakaiḥ) - by the skull-bowls, used for alms (bhikṣā), which are made from the body (deha) of Indra, bearing a hundred holes that produce sound (raṇat), as part of the goddess's macabre adornment (by skull-bowls for alms, made from Indra's body with a hundred sounding holes)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of raṇatsaśatarandhrendradehabhikṣākapālaka

raṇatsaśatarandhrendradehabhikṣākapālaka - composed of 'sounding, with a hundred holes, Indra, body, alms, skull-bowl'

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (raṇat+saśatarandhra+indra+deha+bhikṣā+kapālaka)

• raṇat – sounding, ringing, rattling
  participle
  Present Active Participle
  From √raṇ (to sound, ring)
  Root: raṇ (class 1)
• saśatarandhra – having a hundred holes
  adjective
• indra – Indra (king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• bhikṣā – alms, begging, charity
  noun (feminine)
• kapālaka – skull, skull-bowl
  noun (masculine)

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