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3,38

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-38, verse-24

फणास्फुटकतूणीरकुञ्जकूजत्समीरणम् ।
शवराशिपलालौघतल्पसुप्तपिशाचकम् ॥ २४ ॥
phaṇāsphuṭakatūṇīrakuñjakūjatsamīraṇam ,
śavarāśipalālaughatalpasuptapiśācakam 24
24. phaṇāsphaṭakatuṇīrakuñjakūjatsamīraṇam
śavarāśipalālaughatalpasuptapiśācakām
24. phaṇāsphaṭakatuṇīrakuñjakūjatsamīraṇam
śavarāśipalālaughatalpasuptapiśācakām
24. Where the whistling wind hums through thickets resembling quivers made of expanded cobra hoods, and where ghouls sleep on beds formed by masses of straw-like dry remains from heaps of corpses.

Words meanings summery:

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  • फणास्फटकतुणीरकुञ्जकूजत्समीरणम् (phaṇāsphaṭakatuṇīrakuñjakūjatsamīraṇam) - where the whistling wind hums through thickets resembling quivers made of expanded cobra hoods (or broken bone structures) (where the wind hums in groves formed by expanded cobra hoods and quivers)
  • शवराशिपलालौघतल्पसुप्तपिशाचकाम् (śavarāśipalālaughatalpasuptapiśācakām) - where ghouls sleep on beds formed by masses of dry remains (like straw) from heaps of corpses (where ghouls sleep on beds made of masses of straw-like dry remains from heaps of corpses)

Words meanings and morphology

फणास्फटकतुणीरकुञ्जकूजत्समीरणम् (phaṇāsphaṭakatuṇīrakuñjakūjatsamīraṇam) - where the whistling wind hums through thickets resembling quivers made of expanded cobra hoods (or broken bone structures) (where the wind hums in groves formed by expanded cobra hoods and quivers)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of phaṇāsphaṭakatuṇīrakuñjakūjatsamīraṇa
phaṇāsphaṭakatuṇīrakuñjakūjatsamīraṇa - whistling wind (samīraṇa) in thickets (kuñja) of quivers (tūṇīra) of expanded hoods (phaṇāsphaṭaka)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (phaṇā+sphaṭaka+tūṇīra+kuñja+kūjat+samīraṇa)
  • phaṇā – hood of a cobra
    noun (feminine)
  • sphaṭaka – expanded, burst open, broken fragment, crystal
    adjective/noun (neuter)
  • tūṇīra – quiver (for arrows)
    noun (masculine/neuter)
  • kuñja – thicket, grove, bower
    noun (masculine/neuter)
  • kūjat – humming, cooing, whistling, sounding
    participle (neuter)
    Present Active Participle
    From root 'kūj' (to hum, coo, sound) + -at suffix.
    Root: kūj (class 1)
  • samīraṇa – wind, breeze
    noun (masculine)
    Prefix: sam
    Root: īr
Note: Compound word functioning as an adjective, modifying an implied noun like 'place' (kṣetram) in the accusative case.
शवराशिपलालौघतल्पसुप्तपिशाचकाम् (śavarāśipalālaughatalpasuptapiśācakām) - where ghouls sleep on beds formed by masses of dry remains (like straw) from heaps of corpses (where ghouls sleep on beds made of masses of straw-like dry remains from heaps of corpses)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of śavarāśipalālaughatalpasuptapiśācaka
śavarāśipalālaughatalpasuptapiśācaka - ghouls (piśācaka) sleeping (supta) on beds (talpa) of masses (ogha) of straw (palāla) from heaps (rāśi) of corpses (śava)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śavarāśi+palālaugha+talpa+supta+piśācaka)
  • śavarāśi – heap of corpses
    noun (masculine)
  • palālaugha – mass of straw/chaff, mass of dry remains
    noun (masculine)
  • talpa – bed, couch
    noun (masculine/neuter)
  • supta – slept, sleeping
    participle (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root 'svap' (to sleep) + -ta suffix.
    Root: svap (class 2)
  • piśācaka – ghoul, demon, flesh-eater
    noun (masculine)
Note: Compound word functioning as an adjective, modifying an implied noun like 'place' (kṣetram) in the accusative case.