योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-26, verse-35

सपक्षपर्वताकारदानवाद्रिगमागमैः ।
वहच्छवशवाशब्दभूरिभाङ्कारभीषणम् ॥ ३५ ॥

sapakṣaparvatākāradānavādrigamāgamaiḥ ,
vahacchavaśavāśabdabhūribhāṅkārabhīṣaṇam 35

35. sapakṣaparvatākāradānavādrigamāgamaiḥ
vahacchavaśavāśabdabhūribhāṅkārabhīṣaṇam

35. sapakṣaparvatākāradānavādrigamāgamaiḥ
vahacchavaśavāśabdabhūribhāṅkārabhīṣaṇam

35. A place made terrifying by the abundant booming and the clamor of moving corpses, resulting from the comings and goings of mountain-like demons resembling winged mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• सपक्षपर्वताकारदानवाद्रिगमागमैः (sapakṣaparvatākāradānavādrigamāgamaiḥ) - describing the movement of powerful demons in battle, likened to massive, mythological winged mountains (by the comings and goings of mountain-like demons resembling winged mountains)

• वहच्छवशवाशब्दभूरिभाङ्कारभीषणम् (vahacchavaśavāśabdabhūribhāṅkārabhīṣaṇam) - describing the horrifying sounds of battle, including the gruesome noises from displaced bodies (terrifying with the abundant booming and clamor of moving corpses)

Words meanings and morphology

सपक्षपर्वताकारदानवाद्रिगमागमैः (sapakṣaparvatākāradānavādrigamāgamaiḥ) - describing the movement of powerful demons in battle, likened to massive, mythological winged mountains (by the comings and goings of mountain-like demons resembling winged mountains)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sapakṣaparvatākāradānavādrigamāgama

sapakṣaparvatākāradānavādrigamāgama - the comings and goings of mountain-like demons resembling winged mountains

Compound type : complex tatpuruṣa (sapakṣa+parvata+ākāra+dānava+adri+gama+āgama)

• sapakṣa – with wings, winged
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sa
• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, resemblance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
• dānava – demon, descendant of Danu
  noun (masculine)
• adri – mountain, rock, stone
  noun (masculine)
• gama – going, movement
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• āgama – coming, approach, arrival
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Long compound functioning as an instrumental plural noun phrase.

वहच्छवशवाशब्दभूरिभाङ्कारभीषणम् (vahacchavaśavāśabdabhūribhāṅkārabhīṣaṇam) - describing the horrifying sounds of battle, including the gruesome noises from displaced bodies (terrifying with the abundant booming and clamor of moving corpses)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vahacchavaśavāśabdabhūribhāṅkārabhīṣaṇa

vahacchavaśavāśabdabhūribhāṅkārabhīṣaṇa - terrifying with the abundant booming and clamor of moving corpses

Compound type : complex tatpuruṣa (vahac+śava+āśabda+bhūri+bhāṅkāra+bhīṣaṇa)

• vahac – carrying, flowing, moving
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root vah (to carry, flow)
  Root: vah (class 1)
• śava – corpse, dead body
  noun (masculine)
• āśabda – a great sound, clamor, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śabd (class 1)
• bhūri – abundant, much, numerous
  adjective (neuter)
• bhāṅkāra – a roaring sound, booming, crashing noise
  noun (masculine)
• bhīṣaṇa – terrifying, dreadful, formidable
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Long compound functioning as an adjective to an implied neuter noun.

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