योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-19

हेलावलितधम्मिल्लमुक्तमालतिकालताः ।
इव बालाङ्गना नृत्यं तन्वानास्तनुगात्रिकाः ॥ १९ ॥

helāvalitadhammillamuktamālatikālatāḥ ,
iva bālāṅganā nṛtyaṃ tanvānāstanugātrikāḥ 19

19. helāvalitadhammillamuktamālatikālatāḥ iva
bālāṅganāḥ nṛtyam tanvānāḥ tanugātrikāḥ

19. bālāṅganāḥ helāvalitadhammillamuktamālatikālatāḥ
tanugātrikāḥ nṛtyam tanvānāḥ iva

19. They appeared like slender-bodied young women performing a dance, with their gracefully swaying braids releasing jasmine garlands.

Words meanings summery:

• हेलावलितधम्मिल्लमुक्तमालतिकालताः (helāvalitadhammillamuktamālatikālatāḥ) - having jasmine garlands released from their braids, which are swayed gracefully

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• बालाङ्गनाः (bālāṅganāḥ) - young women

• नृत्यम् (nṛtyam) - dance

• तन्वानाः (tanvānāḥ) - performing, executing, stretching

• तनुगात्रिकाः (tanugātrikāḥ) - slender-bodied, delicate-limbed

Words meanings and morphology

हेलावलितधम्मिल्लमुक्तमालतिकालताः (helāvalitadhammillamuktamālatikālatāḥ) - having jasmine garlands released from their braids, which are swayed gracefully

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of helāvalitadhammillamuktamālatikālatā

helāvalitadhammillamuktamālatikālatā - having jasmine garlands released from their braids, which are swayed gracefully

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (helā+avalita+dhammilla+mukta+mālatikā+latā)

• helā – sport, play, grace, coquetry
  noun (feminine)
• avalita – swayed, bent, shaken
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ava + root val (to turn, move)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: val (class 1)
• dhammilla – braid of hair, coiffure
  noun (masculine)
• mukta – released, freed, shed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root muc (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• mālatikā – jasmine flower, jasmine creeper, jasmine garland
  noun (feminine)
  diminutive of mālatī
• latā – creeper, vine, slender branch
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

बालाङ्गनाः (bālāṅganāḥ) - young women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bālāṅganā

bālāṅganā - young woman, maiden

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (bālā+aṅganā)

• bālā – young girl, maiden
  adjective/noun (feminine)
• aṅganā – woman, lady
  noun (feminine)

नृत्यम् (nṛtyam) - dance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nṛtya

nṛtya - dance, dancing

gerundive from nṛt

Root: nṛt (class 4)

तन्वानाः (tanvānāḥ) - performing, executing, stretching

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tanvāna

tanvāna - performing, executing, stretching

Present Middle Participle

From root tan (to stretch, perform)

Root: tan (class 8)

तनुगात्रिकाः (tanugātrikāḥ) - slender-bodied, delicate-limbed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tanugātrikā

tanugātrikā - slender-bodied, delicate-limbed

from tanu (slender) + gātra (body/limb) + ika (suffix)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (tanu+gātrikā)

• tanu – slender, delicate, body
  adjective/noun (feminine)
• gātrikā – limb, body part (feminine diminutive)
  noun (feminine)
  derived from gātra (body, limb) with ika suffix.

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