योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-45, verse-25

इदमन्तःस्थितानल्पकल्पनाम्भोरुहालयम् ।
ब्रह्माण्डमण्डपापीडक्रीडामण्डपमण्डलम् ॥ २५ ॥

idamantaḥsthitānalpakalpanāmbhoruhālayam ,
brahmāṇḍamaṇḍapāpīḍakrīḍāmaṇḍapamaṇḍalam 25

25. idam antaḥsthitaanalpakalpanāmbhoruhālayam
brahmāṇḍamaṇḍapāpīḍakrīḍāmaṇḍapamaṇḍalam

25. idam antaḥsthitaanalpakalpanāmbhoruhālayam
brahmāṇḍamaṇḍapāpīḍakrīḍāmaṇḍapamaṇḍalam

25. This (world) is a lotus-abode for countless imaginings (kalpanā) situated within. It is a cluster of pleasure-pavilions, which forms the crest-jewel atop the cosmic pavilion (brahmāṇḍa-maṇḍapa).

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one, it

• अन्तःस्थितअनल्पकल्पनाम्भोरुहालयम् (antaḥsthitaanalpakalpanāmbhoruhālayam) - a lotus-abode for countless imaginings situated within

• ब्रह्माण्डमण्डपापीडक्रीडामण्डपमण्डलम् (brahmāṇḍamaṇḍapāpīḍakrīḍāmaṇḍapamaṇḍalam) - a cluster of pleasure-pavilions, which forms the crest-jewel atop the cosmic pavilion

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this, this one, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, that which is present

अन्तःस्थितअनल्पकल्पनाम्भोरुहालयम् (antaḥsthitaanalpakalpanāmbhoruhālayam) - a lotus-abode for countless imaginings situated within

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of antaḥsthitaanalpakalpanāmbhoruhālaya

antaḥsthitaanalpakalpanāmbhoruhālaya - an inner abode of lotuses of countless imaginations

Complex compound describing the nature of the world or mind.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antas+sthita+analpa+kalpanā+ambhoruha+ālaya)

• antas – within, inside, interior
  indeclinable
• sthita – situated, standing, existing
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sthā (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• analpa – not small, abundant, numerous, vast
  adjective (neuter)
  A negative compound (na + alpa).
• kalpanā – imagining, creation, mental construction, arrangement
  noun (feminine)
  From root kḷp (to imagine, to form, to arrange).
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• ambhoruha – lotus (growing in water)
  noun (neuter)
  From ambhas (water) and ruha (growing, from root ruh).
  Root: ruh (class 1)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, house, receptacle
  noun (masculine)
  From root lī (to cling, dissolve) with prefix ā, or root lay (to dwell).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lī (class 4)

ब्रह्माण्डमण्डपापीडक्रीडामण्डपमण्डलम् (brahmāṇḍamaṇḍapāpīḍakrīḍāmaṇḍapamaṇḍalam) - a cluster of pleasure-pavilions, which forms the crest-jewel atop the cosmic pavilion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahmāṇḍamaṇḍapāpīḍakrīḍāmaṇḍapamaṇḍala

brahmāṇḍamaṇḍapāpīḍakrīḍāmaṇḍapamaṇḍala - a circle/cluster of pleasure-pavilions which are the crest-jewel of the cosmic pavilion

Complex tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahmāṇḍa+maṇḍapa+āpīḍa+krīḍā+maṇḍapa+maṇḍala)

• brahmāṇḍa – cosmic egg, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of brahman and aṇḍa.
• maṇḍapa – pavilion, hall, temporary shed
  noun (masculine)
• āpīḍa – crest-jewel, crown, garland, chaplet
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root pīḍ (to press) with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pīḍ (class 1)
• krīḍā – play, sport, amusement, pastime
  noun (feminine)
  From root krīḍ (to play).
  Root: krīḍ (class 1)
• maṇḍapa – pavilion, hall, temporary shed
  noun (masculine)
• maṇḍala – circle, disc, sphere, region, cluster
  noun (neuter)

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