Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 3.49.26

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नररक्तशिरोहस्ताः संध्याभ्रारुणगात्रिकाः ।
अर्धचर्वितमांसासृक्स्रवत्सृक्क्याकुलाननाः ॥ २६ ॥

nararaktaśirohastāḥ saṃdhyābhrāruṇagātrikāḥ |
ardhacarvitamāṃsāsṛksravatsṛkkyākulānanāḥ || 26 ||

They had dark dusky bodies, and held human skulls in their hands all besmeared with blood. They had bits of half devoured flesh in their mouths, and pouring out fresh blood from their sides.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.49.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nara, Rakta, Shira, Shiras, Hasta, Sandhyabhra, Aruna, Gatrika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.49.26). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “nararaktaśirohastāḥ saṃdhyābhrāruṇagātrikāḥ ”
nara -
nara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rakta -
rakta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rakta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rag -> rakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √rag class 1 verb]

√rag -> rakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √rag class 1 verb]

√raj -> rakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √raj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √raj class 4 verb]

√raj -> rakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √raj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √raj class 4 verb]

√rañj -> rakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rañj class 4 verb]

√rañj -> rakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rañj class 4 verb]
śiro -
śiras (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

śira (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hastāḥ -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

hastā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sandhyābhrā -
sandhyābhra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aruṇa -
aruṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
gātrikāḥ -
gātrikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “ardhacarvitamāṃsāsṛksravatsṛkkyākulānanāḥ ”
Cannot analyse ardhacarvitamāṃsāsṛksravatsṛkkyākulānanāḥ