योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-81, verse-17

कुमारबर्हिपिच्छौघैर्ब्राह्ममूर्धजमण्डलैः ।
लाञ्छितोच्चसुराधीशशिरःखट्वाङ्गमण्डला ॥ १७ ॥

kumārabarhipicchaughairbrāhmamūrdhajamaṇḍalaiḥ ,
lāñchitoccasurādhīśaśiraḥkhaṭvāṅgamaṇḍalā 17

17. kumāra-barhi-piccha-oghaiḥ brāhma-mūrdhaja-maṇḍalaiḥ
lāñchita-ucca-surādhīśa-śiraḥ-khaṭvāṅga-maṇḍalā

17. sā lāñchita-ucca-surādhīśa-śiraḥ-khaṭvāṅga-maṇḍalā
kumāra-barhi-piccha-oghaiḥ brāhma-mūrdhaja-maṇḍalaiḥ

17. Adorned by multitudes of Kumara's peacock feathers and by garlands of Brahma's hair, she is the one whose array of skull-staffs (khaṭvāṅga) is marked with the prominent heads of the lord of gods (Indra).

17. היא עוטרה בקבוצות נוצות טווס של קוּמָארַה, במחלפות ראשו של בְּרַהְמָא, והחזיקה מטה הנישא אל על ובראשו גולגולת מלך האלים.

Words meanings summery:

• कुमारबर्हिपिच्छौघैः (kumārabarhipicchaughaiḥ) - by multitudes of Kumara's (Kartikeya's) peacock feathers

• ब्राह्ममूर्धजमण्डलैः (brāhmamūrdhajamaṇḍalaiḥ) - by circles/garlands of Brahma's hair

• लाञ्छित-उच्च-सुराधीश-शिरः-खट्वाङ्ग-मण्डला (lāñchita-ucca-surādhīśa-śiraḥ-khaṭvāṅga-maṇḍalā) - she whose array of skull-staffs (khaṭvāṅga) is marked by the prominent heads of the lord of gods (Indra)

Words meanings and morphology

कुमारबर्हिपिच्छौघैः (kumārabarhipicchaughaiḥ) - by multitudes of Kumara's (Kartikeya's) peacock feathers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kumārabarhipicchaugha

kumārabarhipicchaugha - multitudes of Kumara's peacock feathers

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kumāra+barhi+piccha+ogha)

• kumāra – youth, prince, Kartikeya (Skanda)
  proper noun (masculine)
• barhi – peacock
  noun (masculine)
• piccha – tail feather, wing
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – flood, multitude, mass
  noun (masculine)

ब्राह्ममूर्धजमण्डलैः (brāhmamūrdhajamaṇḍalaiḥ) - by circles/garlands of Brahma's hair

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of brāhmamūrdhajamaṇḍala

brāhmamūrdhajamaṇḍala - circles of Brahma's hair

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (brāhma+mūrdhaja+maṇḍala)

• brāhma – relating to Brahma, divine
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from brahman (proper noun) + aṇ suffix
• mūrdhaja – hair of the head
  noun (masculine)
  from mūrdhan (head) + ja (born from)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• maṇḍala – circle, disc, orb, multitude
  noun (neuter)

लाञ्छित-उच्च-सुराधीश-शिरः-खट्वाङ्ग-मण्डला (lāñchita-ucca-surādhīśa-śiraḥ-khaṭvāṅga-maṇḍalā) - she whose array of skull-staffs (khaṭvāṅga) is marked by the prominent heads of the lord of gods (Indra)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lāñchita-ucca-surādhīśa-śiraḥ-khaṭvāṅga-maṇḍala

lāñchita-ucca-surādhīśa-śiraḥ-khaṭvāṅga-maṇḍala - having an array of skull-staffs marked by the prominent heads of the lord of gods

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lāñchita+ucca+surādhīśa+śiras+khaṭvāṅga+maṇḍala)

• lāñchita – marked, endowed with, designated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from lāñch (to mark)
  Root: lāñch (class 10)
• ucca – high, prominent, exalted
  adjective (masculine)
• surādhīśa – lord of gods (Indra)
  noun (masculine)
  from sura (god) + adhīśa (lord)
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)
• khaṭvāṅga – a staff surmounted by a skull, a skull-staff (an attribute of fierce deities)
  noun (neuter)
  from khaṭvā (bedstead, also a type of staff) + aṅga (part)
• maṇḍala – circle, disc, orb, multitude, array
  noun (neuter)

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