योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-81, verse-8

कृष्णा कृशा शिरालाङ्गी जर्जरा वितताकृतिः ।
ज्वालाकुलानलालोलवनसंभारशेखरा ॥ ८ ॥

kṛṣṇā kṛśā śirālāṅgī jarjarā vitatākṛtiḥ ,
jvālākulānalālolavanasaṃbhāraśekharā 8

8. kṛṣṇā kṛśā śirālāṅgī jarjarā vitatākṛtiḥ
jvālākulānalālolavanasaṃbhāraśekharā

8. kṛṣṇā kṛśā śirālāṅgī jarjarā vitatākṛtiḥ
jvālākulānalālolavanasaṃbhāraśekharā

8. She was dark, emaciated, with a body full of prominent veins, dilapidated, and of expansive form. Her crown was a mass of forests, agitated by flickering fires and raging flames.

8. היא הייתה שחורה, כחושה, גידיה בולטים, גופה מרוט וענק, ועל ראשה עטרה של יערות הבוערים בלהבות משתוללות.

Words meanings summery:

• कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - dark, black, dark-colored

• कृशा (kṛśā) - emaciated, thin, lean

• शिरालाङ्गी (śirālāṅgī) - having a body full of prominent veins

• जर्जरा (jarjarā) - dilapidated, decrepit, worn out

• वितताकृतिः (vitatākṛtiḥ) - having an expansive form, of vast shape

• ज्वालाकुलानलालोलवनसंभारशेखरा (jvālākulānalālolavanasaṁbhāraśekharā) - crowned with a mass of forests agitated by flickering fires and raging flames

Words meanings and morphology

कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - dark, black, dark-colored

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - black, dark, dark-blue

कृशा (kṛśā) - emaciated, thin, lean

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - thin, slender, emaciated, weak

शिरालाङ्गी (śirālāṅgī) - having a body full of prominent veins

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śirālāṅgī

śirālāṅgī - having a body full of veins

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (śirāla+aṅga)

• śirāla – veiny, full of veins
  adjective (masculine)
  from śirā (vein) + -la (suffix indicating fullness)
• aṅga – body, limb, part
  noun (neuter)

जर्जरा (jarjarā) - dilapidated, decrepit, worn out

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarjara

jarjara - decrepit, dilapidated, worn out, old

वितताकृतिः (vitatākṛtiḥ) - having an expansive form, of vast shape

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vitatākṛti

vitatākṛti - of extended or vast form

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vitata+ākṛti)

• vitata – spread out, extensive, vast
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'tan' (to spread) with prefix 'vi'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: tan (class 8)
• ākṛti – form, shape, figure
  noun (feminine)

ज्वालाकुलानलालोलवनसंभारशेखरा (jvālākulānalālolavanasaṁbhāraśekharā) - crowned with a mass of forests agitated by flickering fires and raging flames

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jvālākulānalālolavanasaṃbhāraśekharā

jvālākulānalālolavanasaṁbhāraśekharā - having a crest/crown of a collection of forests, agitated by flickering fire and flames

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (jvālā-ākula-anala-ālola-vana-saṃbhāra+śekhara)

• jvālā – flame, blaze
  noun (feminine)
• ākula – agitated, confused, filled with
  adjective (masculine)
• anala – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
• ālola – trembling, flickering, agitated
  adjective (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• saṃbhāra – collection, heap, mass, equipment
  noun (masculine)
• śekhara – crest, crown, peak
  noun (masculine)

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