योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-56, verse-48

मन्दारकुन्दस्रग्दामवृताम्वरबृहच्छवम् ।
शवशय्याशिरःस्थाग्र्यपूर्णकुम्भादिमङ्गलम् ॥ ४८ ॥

mandārakundasragdāmavṛtāmvarabṛhacchavam ,
śavaśayyāśiraḥsthāgryapūrṇakumbhādimaṅgalam 48

48. mandārakundasragdāmavṛtāmvarabṛhacchavam
śavaśayyāśiraḥsthāgryapūrṇakumbhādimangalam

48. mandārakundasragdāmavṛtāmvarabṛhacchavam
śavaśayyāśiraḥsthāgryapūrṇakumbhādimangalam

48. A great corpse lay there, its garments draped with garlands of Mandāra and Kunda flowers. Auspicious items, foremost among them a full pitcher, were placed at the head of the deathbed.

Words meanings summery:

• मन्दारकुन्दस्रग्दामवृताम्वरबृहच्छवम् (mandārakundasragdāmavṛtāmvarabṛhacchavam) - a great corpse whose garments are covered with garlands of Mandāra and Kunda flowers

• शवशय्याशिरःस्थाग्र्यपूर्णकुम्भादिमन्गलम् (śavaśayyāśiraḥsthāgryapūrṇakumbhādimangalam) - auspicious items, foremost among them a full pitcher, placed at the head of the deathbed

Words meanings and morphology

मन्दारकुन्दस्रग्दामवृताम्वरबृहच्छवम् (mandārakundasragdāmavṛtāmvarabṛhacchavam) - a great corpse whose garments are covered with garlands of Mandāra and Kunda flowers

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mandārakundasragdāmavṛtāmvarabṛhacchava

mandārakundasragdāmavṛtāmvarabṛhacchava - a great corpse whose garments are covered with garlands of Mandāra and Kunda flowers

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mandāra+kunda+sraj+dāman+vṛta+ambara+bṛhat+śava)

• mandāra – Mandāra flower (coral tree flower)
  noun (masculine)
• kunda – jasmine flower
  noun (masculine)
• sraj – garland
  noun (feminine)
• dāman – garland, string, rope
  noun (neuter)
• vṛta – covered, surrounded, enveloped
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛ (to cover, enclose)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• ambara – garment, cloth, sky
  noun (neuter)
• bṛhat – large, great, vast
  adjective (neuter)
• śava – corpse
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound describes the 'corpse' (śavam), itself in accusative.

शवशय्याशिरःस्थाग्र्यपूर्णकुम्भादिमन्गलम् (śavaśayyāśiraḥsthāgryapūrṇakumbhādimangalam) - auspicious items, foremost among them a full pitcher, placed at the head of the deathbed

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śavaśayyāśiraḥsthāgryapūrṇakumbhādimangala

śavaśayyāśiraḥsthāgryapūrṇakumbhādimangala - auspicious items, foremost among them a full pitcher, placed at the head of the deathbed

Compound type : tatpurusha (śava+śayyā+śiras+sthā+āgrya+pūrṇa+kumbha+ādi+maṅgala)

• śava – corpse
  noun (masculine)
• śayyā – bed, couch
  noun (feminine)
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)
• sthā – standing, situated, located
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• āgrya – foremost, principal, chief
  adjective (neuter)
• pūrṇa – full, complete
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root pṛ (to fill)
  Root: pṛ (class 3)
• kumbha – pitcher, pot
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning with, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable
• maṅgala – auspicious, felicitous; auspicious thing, good omen
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to 'auspicious things' in the scene.

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